Myth 5 - that Daniel Trilling (New Statesman assistant editor) knows what he is talking about.
The whole of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom until 1922 and all of the Irish population was British until that date, therefore the "heritage" he is talking about was indeed "white British" (to use his words). This was not a synthetic description - republicanism had very little support until after the Irish civil war. If the Irish he talks about were so opposed to being described as British why did such vast numbers of them volunteer for the British Army in the First World War?
I am afraid Daniel Trilling has made himself look foolish here.
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