The Catholic population in Northern Ireland increased year after year following partition. Alright, voting opportunities were hindered but a better quality of life was available in the North.

If demographic trends continue the way they are going there will be a Catholic majority in the north within a few years but that doesn't necessarily mean that there will be a majority in favour of a united Irish republic. I can't see the Dublin government even wanting control of the North. Would they be able to deal with 1 million armed and angry protestants?

he was a terrorist

Freedom fighter. HTH

Not a soldier as they like to be portrayed thats for sure.

What is a soldier if not a man who is armed and fighting for an army?

The bombing campaign was vile but worth remembering the whole reason it came to that was because of British authorities in Northern Ireland failing to protect catholic communities, institutional bigotry and mistreatment of their citizens.

McGuinness was absolutely key to bringing and end to the troubles.

A few disillusioned guys from a down trodden part of Belfast wearing balaclavas with poor weapons are not soldiers. Simple.

Much better to sit behind a computer console and fire a hi tech hellfire missile remotely at someone several thousand miles away. That is proper soldering is that.

Your understanding of the military is spelt out in just two sentences. Let's just leave it at that should we.

Or flying a multi million pound jet and firing a laser guided weapon onto a house that might have ten enemy in or their family or any other civilian who will be collateral damage..

Let's leave it ther if you want as you seem to think warfare is all guns and bayonets.

What a pity we didn't have drones over Norn Iron back in the day.

You could have shed fake plastic paddy tears over your murdering, torturing, intimidating terrorist heroes a few decades earlier.

Here comes ukip

Still struggling to handle the fact that the empire is gone.

What are you whittering about plastic paddy?

Never mind, probably not worth paying any attention to.