Remember when you first heard the truth about God Father Christmas?
Arthur Guinness.
A bit like Alec.
Just before the 1798 rebellion the United Irishmen in Dublin published a paper called the Union Star (above) which named suspected informers and British spies. Among those named is Arthur Guinness: “GUINNESS – a brewer at James’s Gate, an active spy….
Splutter.
Sing it loud, The Waterboys. You too, Mr Christy.
Via Arthur’s Day: Capitalist thread, (Saoirse go deo, PoliticalWorld)
Previously: Le Morte d’Arthur
Earlier: Dublin’s Informer Culture
Thanks Fluffy Biscuits
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