A Nation Once Again

18/04/2025 3 min

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Episode Synopsis

rowing up, I recall watching a made-for-TV movie about two Irish boys, one Protestant and the other Catholic, plucked from the 'Troubles' plaguing Northern Ireland. They were sent to the US and housed, temporarily, with a US family. The twist? The sponsoring parents, a mother and father, were a Catholic and a Protestant living in harmony, well, as harmonious as any marriage can be. I was blissfully unaware of the sectarian violence bloodying Belfast so was confused as to why the boys were sworn enemies despite never having met prior to their overseas visit. I was also blissfully unaware of the evil adherents to religions can be.