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| The story of the pikeman - Somehow these type of glorious idealistic monuments, largely created either in a pre 1916 colonial Ireland or in the early years of a new nationalist Ireland seems so so far removed from the horror and gore and blood that must have been that day- What was glorious about bellies ripped open and bowels pouring out or throats sabre sliced from ear to ear or limbs ripped off by grape and chain shot and pikes against artillery? | |||||
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