Personal patches

[Paul Robinson]

I, before having consumed sufficient coffee, and whilst being distracted 
by a plumber, wrote:

> At that stage, the Catholic Unionists in the North were being attacked 
> on a regular basis by the Loyalists.

A school-boy error on my part. As somebody has just mailed me and gently 
reminded me, Unionists = residents of Northern Ireland who wish to see 
the region remain part of the United Kingdom. This is therefore the same 
as loyalist.

The correct term I was looking for to describe those individuals seeking 
Northern Ireland to become part of the Repiblic of Ireland, is 
"Nationalist". However, in general and as a rule of thumb, Catholics in 
the region tend to be Nationalists, and the Protestant community tend to 
be Unionist.

I really am sorry for the confusion. Some of you who weren't familiar 
with the situation would have got most confused if you ever tried to 
have a discussion on the subject in the future. In fact reading it back, 
*I* got very confused right now. I hope that clears it up. Oh, and to 
those of you who wrote to me, thanks for not being more abusive. :-)

-- 
Paul Robinson