Hello, I think this could have been a useful piece for people but instead I found it one-sided and biased. If you read it through again as if you belonged to the "other side" you may see what I mean. I think politics, where possible, should be kept out of genealogy but I would like to add one historical point; the IRA split in the 1970s over the future of the movement; the Official IRA disbanded and formed a political party in the Republic; the Provisional IRA began what they called the "armed struggle" so it is not the IRA but the PIRA and its offshoots, along with the "loyalist" gangs, who have tortured and murdered over 3000 people in the last 30 years. Let us not glorify murder: no more politics on this site please; and if I can finish with Shakespeare, "a plague on both their houses." Rob Doragh Liverpool UK _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo