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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

RTÉ Television: Ireland's Greatest » Voting Details

RTÉ Television: Ireland's Greatest » Voting Details: "It's time for you to cast your vote in the search for Ireland's Greatest!"YES THAT WOULD BE DERMOT BOLGER AND ALL THOSE UNKNOWN FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE THIS"DEPRESSION"AND NOEL BROWNE.TO QUOTE DERMOT BOLGER"FOR TOO LONG WE HAVE HAD VERSIONS OF WHAT CONSTITUTES GREATNESS"FOISTED UPON US",OFTEN BY SELF-APPOINTED MARTYRS OR PROPAGANDISTS WITH AGENDAS.WHERE ORDINARY HEROES DID NOT DIE FOR IRELAND BUT LIVED FOR IRELAND,RAISING FAMILIES,DOING"ORDINARY"HEROIC THINGS THAT SOCIETY DEPENDS ON ,CARING FOR FAMILY AND NEIGHBOURS AND FOR THOSE WHO DEPEND ON THEM.NO"CLASS"OR CASTE HAS THE AUTOMATIC RIGHT TO BE "LOOKED UP TO" OR LIONISED.THAT GREATNESS CAN EXIST IN ORDINARY STRUGGLES OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE LIKE OURSELVES WHO ARE BORNE FORWARD BY THE DREAMS OF EACH NEW GENERATION.UNQUOTE(IRISH DAILY MAIL 21/9/2010)ITS TIME THE SO CALLED ELITE OF THIS COUNTRY TOOK NOTE OF THIS?

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