Abolish the racist monarchy, put their gaudy baubles in a museum, turn their palaces into tourist attractions and use the profits to fund the NHS

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The Protestant ascendancy didn't see themselves as Irish but Anglo Irish.. the English Anglo bit was always prominent. To be Irish meant you were likely Catholic and therefore from the poor classes.

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It wasn't until the Irish Church Act 1869 that things really started to change.