http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/31/meanwhile-in-ireland/ A First Things Blog Mon, 20 May 2013 23:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/31/meanwhile-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-88956 Tom Daly Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:17:45 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=56542#comment-88956 Didn’t they used to be called “Tinkers”?

]]> http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/31/meanwhile-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-88948 Tristyn Bloom Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:54:53 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=56542#comment-88948 djf – You’re right, that is an odd phrasing. Fixed now; thanks!

]]> http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/31/meanwhile-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-88933 djf Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:16:52 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=56542#comment-88933 If the Travellers live “mainly in Ireland,” why is “discrimination in the United Kingdom” a problem for them?

]]> http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/31/meanwhile-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-88812 K.M. Thornton Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:43:11 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=56542#comment-88812 My elderly uncle lives in the countryside in Ireland. I pray nothing so horrible ever happens to him. Home invasion and the resulting terror are not funny just because the aggressors and victims have Irish accents. I am appalled by the flippant attitude displayed here towards this event, which traumatized the monsignor and his housekeeper.

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