All Discussions Tagged 'Thatcher' - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T02:23:25Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Thatcher&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThatcher's Passing -- Some Say 'Party Time'! You?tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-04-09:6442157:Topic:161912013-04-09T17:34:27.299ZThe Wild Geesehttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/TheWildGeese
<p><a href="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/04/08/thatcher082way_custom-5cb98ce0b565af0e5e5de7d94cd6a1b78464c7b7-s40.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/04/08/thatcher082way_custom-5cb98ce0b565af0e5e5de7d94cd6a1b78464c7b7-s40.jpg?width=300" style="padding: 5px;" width="300"></img></a> With <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/world/europe/former-prime-minister-margaret-thatcher-of-britain-has-died.html?hp&_r=0" target="_blank">Maggie Thatcher's death</a> Monday, thoughts of many in the Irish community turn to her role in the deaths of the 10 hunger strikers in 1981. <strong>John McDonagh</strong>, co-host of…</p>
<p><a href="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/04/08/thatcher082way_custom-5cb98ce0b565af0e5e5de7d94cd6a1b78464c7b7-s40.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/04/08/thatcher082way_custom-5cb98ce0b565af0e5e5de7d94cd6a1b78464c7b7-s40.jpg?width=300" width="300" style="padding: 5px;" class="align-left"/></a>With <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/world/europe/former-prime-minister-margaret-thatcher-of-britain-has-died.html?hp&_r=0" target="_blank">Maggie Thatcher's death</a> Monday, thoughts of many in the Irish community turn to her role in the deaths of the 10 hunger strikers in 1981. <strong>John McDonagh</strong>, co-host of WBAI's weekly show <strong>Radio Free Eireann</strong>, revealed to <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/for-some-no-tears-lost-for-thatchers-death/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> yesterday that he would be organizing a 'celebration' of Thatcher's passing on Saturday, at <strong>Rocky Sullivan'</strong>s, prominent Irish pub in Brooklyn. He's not the only one -- parties are on the boards in Derry and Belfast as well, according to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/09/thatcher-death-celebrations-derry-belfast" target="_blank">The Guardian</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Left, Margaret Thatcher / PA Photo</strong></p>
<p><span>In the interview, McDonagh called Thatcher an enemy to Irish people “because of the destruction she brought to Ireland with her policies — she always thought of Ireland as a colony and never a country.”</span></p>
<p>Arguably, McDonagh's response might represent one extreme, with the long list of Tory mourners at her memorial service representing the other, with a wide range of views between them.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, we have assembled some info to bring to bear on the discussion, including a <a href="http://thenewwildgeese.com/profiles/blogs/in-manhattan-keeping-the-faith-in-the-summer-of-the-hunger" target="_self">reminiscence of the Summer of the Hunger Strikes by Black 47 front man Larry Kirwan</a> and a <a href="http://thenewwildgeese.com/forum/topics/up-the-provos-a-stirring-ballad-of-francis-hughes" target="_self">ballad about hunger striker Francis Hughes.</a></p>
<p>What's your take?</p>
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