Syd posted:Yogi19 posted:@Syd You're back!
Hope you are feeling better now?
Sort of Yogi....
Sydddddd....how you doing ? We've missed you 
Saint posted:When the IRA bombed the mainland did people want to ban Irish or Catholics?
Well... Yes, actually.
Here's a reminder of the reaction to the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974:
"The bombings stoked considerable anti-Irish sentiment in Birmingham, which had an Irish community of 100,000. Irish people were ostracised from public places and subjected to physical assaults, verbal abuse and death threats. Both in Birmingham and across England, Irish homes, pubs, businesses and community centres were attacked, in some cases with firebombs. Staff at thirty factories across the Midlands went on strike in protest at the bombings, while workers at airports across England refused to handle flights bound for Ireland. Bridget Reilly, the mother of the two Irish brothers killed in the Tavern in the Town explosion, was herself refused service in local shops."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...ngs#Initial_reaction
(I've removed the sources for clarity, but you can see them in the original article.)