CA eco-cruises Eagle Cap, Ore. Jamestown Wired travel Ga. Dublin's ongoing struggle is woven into everyday life On a peaceful Sunday in Northern Ireland, even the casual tourist can't help but notice the Irish fight for independence, still being waged, though more peacefully, throughout Dublin. With a sudden purpose, lunch at O'Neill's is interrupted. Waiters fan out to draw the shutters and pull down the metal awnings.
Conversation stops, and then, in slightly darker surroundings, quietly resumes.
Before the commotion, crowds were swarming through the amiable pub. Plates in hand, they stood in line at the carving board of roast beef. The Sinn Fein Youth are on the march, protesting the British army's presence in Northern Ireland. The shutters at O'Neill's swing open and business returns to normal. Actually, no, for this was Sunday in Dublin and, until this year, pubs by law had to be at least ceremonially shut down between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. The Sinn Fein Youth's activity along Suffolk Street was a coincidence.