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Irish independence from the UK

Airfix said:
Agreed, but there is a shortage of time.

I have studied history, but aviation is my thing, aviation history fascinates me the most and I studied that.

George and Eustace Short (who were Irish and based in Belfast) were producers of balloons until they heard about the Wright brothers.
They produced the first licence made copies of the Wright Flyer, one of their customers was Charles Rolls (sadly his aircraft broke apart in the air and he tragically died).

To the best of my knowledge, they were the first commercial producers of heavier than air aircraft.

The first transatlantic flight was made from Newfoundland to Ireland, in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber by John Alcock and Arthur Brown.

I have delved into the study of history, but bear with me, there's so much to learn and it's impossible to learn everything.
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All of that is wrong. And yet you claim you studied aviation history.

It is to laugh.
 
Airfix said:
I don't need Wikipedia to be aware that the Republic of Ireland (aka Southern Ireland) broke away after the easter rising and civil war whilst Northern Ireland remained a territory of the United Kingdom.

Jeez.

I do know some things about the history.

But there's a difference between casual details and deeper understanding.
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Apparently not. The Easter rising did not result in Irish independence. And people like you carried out a lot of executions.

You may want to examine the state of your "historical research". It seems at tad lacking.
 
Airfix said:
I don't need Wikipedia to be aware that the Republic of Ireland (aka Southern Ireland) broke away after the easter rising and civil war whilst Northern Ireland remained a territory of the United Kingdom.

Jeez.

I do know some things about the history.

But there's a difference between casual details and deeper understanding.
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Obviously you do because:
1. You repeatedly manage to get the name of the country wrong.
2. The highlighted portion is wrong.
Start here:
The 1918 General Election in Ireland.
Irish War of Independence
 
abaddon said:
Apparently not. The Easter rising did not result in Irish independence. And people like you carried out a lot of executions.

You may want to examine the state of your "historical research". It seems at tad lacking.
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Few people remember Tommy Gay the librarian, without whom there might not have been a War of independence.
 
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