Talk:Tír na nÓg
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"2049 The government of Tír na nÓg establishes the Church of Ireland, banning the Catholic Church from the country."
Apparently, whoever wrote this or the folks at FASA have little to NO understanding of the United Kingdom and to an even further extent, a complete ignorance of Ireland and its politics regarding religion. The Church of Ireland already exists, and has since the 1500's when King Henry the 8th broke communion with the Catholic church and created the Church of England, and it is a Protestant church, and the idea that a million or so Catholics would abandon Catholicism, a religion the Irish people have clung to and fought for the right to be (in the 1700 and 1800's, it was illegal to practice Catholicism or hold mass, it was illegal to speak Irish Gaelic, and you were only offered a free education if you converted and became a Protestant) - the very notion that these people would suddenly abandon that and join the church they have for so long resented, is a complete crock, and the very idea of it is very laughable as obviously you've never met an Irishman.
And the timeline reads, "Schism splits the Irish Republican Army (IRA) into two factions: the Provisional IRA (led by Liam O'Connor, a "spike baby" elf) and the Official IRA." Those _already_ exist and have since the 1970's, possibly earlier. The Provo's and the Official IRA already exist and it's not because they had a split, it's because they are different organizations with different political views (a republic as opposed to socialism, etc).
Also, what is the "The Knights of the Red Branch" and who came up with that? Knighthood is something from the feudal system which was never popular in Ireland, Ireland has never really had Knights - those that were Knighted by the former Queens and Kings of England have been Ulster-Scots or Protestants, or were not even dedicated to the Irish cause of freedom as they were in service of the crown. And why "Red Branch"? What significance to Ireland does that have? Sure, everyone knows Boston is the stereotypical home of the Irish-Americans (but have you ever heard of a place called Philadelphia? or Hell's Kitchen, NY?), but where does that come from.
Please tell me that some half-wit wrote this and not an actual employee of FASA or Wiz Kids or whatever became of that company. You'd think they would actually do research before they try to completely rewrite two countries, the race and religion of the inhabitants of those islands, and etc... Because this is completely off the wall and unbelievable.
And why are we citing a novel here? Do those even have any valid argument as being considered Shadowrun lore?
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