Quote Originally Posted by bobh View Post
Freedom fighter to some.
Terrorist and murderer to others.

Depends on your point of view.
I have a good mate who is from Tramore in the republic. His view on this seems to be that the leaders of the various factions decided to put down their guns and start the peace process when they realised it was a young man's game and they could no longer command as they had done previously. He really did hate the violence and said it just was not the Irish way at all.