Comments - Remembering the 1974 Dublin/Monaghan Bombings - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T15:08:45Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6442157%3ABlogPost%3A8951&xn_auth=noTommy, go raibh maith agat fo…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-05-28:6442157:Comment:953142014-05-28T15:07:38.693ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<p>Tommy, go raibh maith agat for sharing this poignant memory!</p>
<p>Tommy, go raibh maith agat for sharing this poignant memory!</p> In 1975 I was 10 years old an…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-05-26:6442157:Comment:950562014-05-26T07:55:39.161ZTommy Dullaghanhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/TommyDullaghan
<p>In 1975 I was 10 years old and this incident was still fresh in everyone's minds. My mom was from Monaghan and my dad was from Donegal. Normally we would just cut through the north to Omagh then down to Strabane in Tyrone and back across the border into Donegal when we visited our families. But this time around I distinctly remembering asking my dad why we had to go the "long way" around and up the west coast through Leitrim / Roscommon / etc ? I can still see the look on his face and…</p>
<p>In 1975 I was 10 years old and this incident was still fresh in everyone's minds. My mom was from Monaghan and my dad was from Donegal. Normally we would just cut through the north to Omagh then down to Strabane in Tyrone and back across the border into Donegal when we visited our families. But this time around I distinctly remembering asking my dad why we had to go the "long way" around and up the west coast through Leitrim / Roscommon / etc ? I can still see the look on his face and telling me " its too dangerous to go our normal way son". He was so scared something random would happen that he decided to go 3 hours out of the way to make sure we were safe. That would turn out to be my last time in Ireland with my parents as they both died of illness a few years later. Because of that this incident is a moment in my life I will never forget. Not to mention being kept away from my other family in Belfast for almost ten years. I wasn't "allowed" there because they were afraid something would happen to me being an "American" .. Thank you for this story Gerry</p> None of us Ger, not one of us…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-05-21:6442157:Comment:940672014-05-21T21:07:09.292ZDr. Jane Lyonshttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/DrJaneLyons
<p>None of us Ger, not one of us even has one idea of what those Irish were capable of</p>
<p>None of us Ger, not one of us even has one idea of what those Irish were capable of</p> In some ways Ger, those words…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-05-21:6442157:Comment:942682014-05-21T21:06:30.020ZDr. Jane Lyonshttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/DrJaneLyons
<p>In some ways Ger, those words you've just said might seem to make us all calculating BUT my mother died 4 years ago, this last year, I've met a man from another county, my Mam was his first girlfriend - my Mam, she was born in Belfast, her parents were from Tyrone and Donegal............he told me that my Granfather's pup was a right IRA place. I know now that my Granny as an educated woman had a job teaching in a Protestant school, that she had a car, that shde helped breakouts from the…</p>
<p>In some ways Ger, those words you've just said might seem to make us all calculating BUT my mother died 4 years ago, this last year, I've met a man from another county, my Mam was his first girlfriend - my Mam, she was born in Belfast, her parents were from Tyrone and Donegal............he told me that my Granfather's pup was a right IRA place. I know now that my Granny as an educated woman had a job teaching in a Protestant school, that she had a car, that shde helped breakouts from the prison</p>
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<p></p> Re The sister of the Hunger S…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-05-21:6442157:Comment:942632014-05-21T20:06:11.541ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<p>Re The sister of the Hunger Striker, Jane: The Irish can be very good at keeping things in, even though they're emotions are roiling them.</p>
<p>Re The sister of the Hunger Striker, Jane: The Irish can be very good at keeping things in, even though they're emotions are roiling them.</p> You have 'the way with words'…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-05-20:6442157:Comment:939362014-05-20T17:30:47.610ZDr. Jane Lyonshttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/DrJaneLyons
<p>You have 'the way with words' haven't you? Makes you interesting reading - thank you.</p>
<p>I live here though, that day, my friend's sister was close to the bomb, she came home 'dusted'. My Dad, he used to travel a lot between England and Ireland and that time frame had a very negative affect on people who travelled the two places.</p>
<p>When I was in school, the sister of one of the Hunger Strikers who died was my teacher, we didn't know this until his death.</p>
<p>The things we don't…</p>
<p>You have 'the way with words' haven't you? Makes you interesting reading - thank you.</p>
<p>I live here though, that day, my friend's sister was close to the bomb, she came home 'dusted'. My Dad, he used to travel a lot between England and Ireland and that time frame had a very negative affect on people who travelled the two places.</p>
<p>When I was in school, the sister of one of the Hunger Strikers who died was my teacher, we didn't know this until his death.</p>
<p>The things we don't know until the people involved in them are long gone. It's sad.</p>
<p></p> Not sure, Gerry. I may have…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-04-17:6442157:Comment:172522013-04-17T15:25:42.712ZIrish Homeland Photographyhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/IrishHomelandPhotography
<p>Not sure, Gerry. I may have passed the monument without even realising it. I'll have to look it up next time I'm "within the pale."</p>
<p>Not sure, Gerry. I may have passed the monument without even realising it. I'll have to look it up next time I'm "within the pale."</p> Go raibh maith agat, Ryan. Ha…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-04-17:6442157:Comment:172502013-04-17T15:05:01.503ZThe Wild Geesehttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/TheWildGeese
<p>Go raibh maith agat, Ryan. Have you seen the monument in Dublin to those slain? The bombings remain unsolved, as far as I know.</p>
<p>Go raibh maith agat, Ryan. Have you seen the monument in Dublin to those slain? The bombings remain unsolved, as far as I know.</p> Interesting to hear your pers…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-04-17:6442157:Comment:170912013-04-17T07:16:16.291ZIrish Homeland Photographyhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/IrishHomelandPhotography
<p>Interesting to hear your perspective as someone who was there, Gerry. Thanks for that.</p>
<p>Interesting to hear your perspective as someone who was there, Gerry. Thanks for that.</p>