Posted: Dec 10, 2014 11:32 am
That was my initial thought but my wife comes from County Limerick on the west side and even in that part of the world the changes have been drastic.
The church that played such a dominant role is now as Animavore says non existent. The local priest is from the Philippines. The post of curate has been empty for years.
The number of young people just cohabiting is not frowned upon anymore. Of course not everyone is happy with the situation but they are dying off. Contraceptives are readily available. My wife went to London to get them during her first affair.
Because of the changes of land ownership that was made at the time of the revolution Ireland is not handicapped by a small land owning elite as for instance is the case in the UK. Equality is there because of it.
Socially women are every bit equal to men in all walks of life. As Animavore said Galway is a great place to be if you are gay. To me when I was there it felt very much like here in its attitude to everyone.
The church that played such a dominant role is now as Animavore says non existent. The local priest is from the Philippines. The post of curate has been empty for years.
The number of young people just cohabiting is not frowned upon anymore. Of course not everyone is happy with the situation but they are dying off. Contraceptives are readily available. My wife went to London to get them during her first affair.
Because of the changes of land ownership that was made at the time of the revolution Ireland is not handicapped by a small land owning elite as for instance is the case in the UK. Equality is there because of it.
Socially women are every bit equal to men in all walks of life. As Animavore said Galway is a great place to be if you are gay. To me when I was there it felt very much like here in its attitude to everyone.