tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post4648507469055829766..comments2023-10-02T10:31:13.350+01:00Comments on Gombeen Nation: A Yankee in de Valera's Ireland, by David Gray. Worth a read?The Gombeen Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-4964226805796184302012-11-29T18:09:21.874+00:002012-11-29T18:09:21.874+00:00De Valera.....a great old Irish name....when he se...De Valera.....a great old Irish name....when he sent his condolences to the German Ambassador on the death of Hitler as the 'Leader' of the Irish Nation was in fact only the ambassador of the dirty little Vatican which had occupied Ireland far more thoroughly than Hitler could ever have hoped to. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-8013362924467096292012-11-21T18:59:54.782+00:002012-11-21T18:59:54.782+00:00Yes GM, if todays cultural ilk is anything to go b...Yes GM, if todays cultural ilk is anything to go by, they would surely have had such cheek. Tricky, Creepy Isle.DC3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-72474290726992135942012-11-21T11:04:01.656+00:002012-11-21T11:04:01.656+00:00They'll claim they never heard of the Nurember...They'll claim they never heard of the Nuremberg Laws, DC3. The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-87594413596781459352012-11-20T20:28:48.745+00:002012-11-20T20:28:48.745+00:00"The Irish government had seen to it that we ..."The Irish government had seen to it that we did not gain admittance until the files had been destroyed." How dense can a group of people be, after all Hitler did? Invasion after invasion, and this lot still had sympathies for them. <br /><br />Oh yes Dev was the lad for the job, no doubt about that. There is really no wisdom whatsoever among the Irish in groups. All the indicators are there (LOL)...<br /><br /> <br />DC3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-3159869985754691192012-11-19T22:14:02.109+00:002012-11-19T22:14:02.109+00:00It that's the case; between Mr Gray consulting...It that's the case; between Mr Gray consulting the spirit world via seances, and Dev consulting the lord Almighty himself via Archbishop John Charles McQuaid before enacting the laws of the "republic", it seems like an interesting combination.The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-89152812133087959222012-11-19T17:47:28.627+00:002012-11-19T17:47:28.627+00:00David Gray sounds like an interesting chap. He was...David Gray sounds like an interesting chap. He was Eleanor Roosevelt's uncle and freely admitted he got the job for that reason. His favourite method of 'intelligence' gathering was to hold seances.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com