http://www.maureengreencny.com/primer-troubles-2/.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:02:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.maureengreencny.com/primer-troubles-2/.html/comment-page-1#comment-278 Maureen Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:25:25 +0000 http://www.maureengreencny.com/?p=364#comment-278 Don, you are so right. Like happiness, peace is something we choose ahead of time. What a comfort to know you had a good stay two years ago. I would love to go back and see the "new" Northern Ireland, as you did. Thanks for your faithful reading of my articles and for commenting. I love hearing from you. Maureen Don, you are so right. Like happiness, peace is something we choose ahead of time. What a comfort to know you had a good stay two years ago. I would love to go back and see the “new” Northern Ireland, as you did. Thanks for your faithful reading of my articles and for commenting. I love hearing from you. Maureen

]]> http://www.maureengreencny.com/primer-troubles-2/.html/comment-page-1#comment-272 Don Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:23:41 +0000 http://www.maureengreencny.com/?p=364#comment-272 Hi Maureen Two years ago, I visited Ireland for the first time...Northern Ireland to be specific. It was an idyllic little town on the coast not far from Belfast. I was apprehensive, considering I could remember "the troubles." The person visited, let us say, has a past I was not fully aware of and they will only admit to having something to do with the "police." What I experienced was no evidence of "the troubles," no mention of the "troubles," and everyone seemed to be happy and loving and the pubs were all welcoming. And you could travel to Ireland just as easy as going from NY to Mass. I thought to myself....maybe people really can have peace and harmony if they just choose it. Hopefully, they will continue to make that good choice. Don Hi Maureen
Two years ago, I visited Ireland for the first time…Northern Ireland to be specific. It was an idyllic little town on the coast not far from Belfast. I was apprehensive, considering I could remember “the troubles.”
The person visited, let us say, has a past I was not fully aware of and they will only admit to having something to do with the “police.”
What I experienced was no evidence of “the troubles,” no mention of the “troubles,” and everyone seemed to be happy and loving and the pubs were all welcoming. And you could travel to Ireland just as easy as going from NY to Mass.
I thought to myself….maybe people really can have peace and harmony if they just choose it. Hopefully, they will continue to make that good choice.
Don

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