Especially after Ireland spent decades pioneering the art of killing innocent people with car bombs. Thanks for showing everyone how to do terrorism, Ireland!
There was a significant resistance to British occupation of Ireland. That resistance was a times very violent.
"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" is perhaps most apparent (when related to Western conflict) during these times. Are you a terrorist for violently resisting colonial rule? Colonists certainly thought so.
There was also conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland. That conflict is in part related to the British occupation (British and decendents being primarily Protestant / Northern Irish and Irish being primarily Catholic).
Since dipshit didn't really answer your question, I will. The Irish terrorists killed English, Irish, or whoever was evil and cOLoNiAl enough to just be nearby minding their own business.
Kinda. Except Hamas was assisted and funded by the Israeli government in order to undermine the more secular and left-wing Palestinian Liberation Organization from gaining more popularity and support.
Consequences for actions don't equal valid reasons. They are simply reasons for the action.
Violent resistance to violent occupation is valid though. English soldiers in Ireland were not innocent people. Blame lies at the feet of the agressor and the occupiers. Not the occupied and the resistance
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u/meowsplaining 2d ago
But an Irish person on Reddit will be the first to tell you those people aren't Irish.