Word: irishmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...club) in the middle of Belfast's Falls Road Catholic ghetto. It was Sunday and the wooden trestle tables groaned under the weight of Guinness bottles, but no police or military would dare enforce the law that closes pubs on Sundays. The place was packed with laughing, plotting Irishmen, nearly all working-class, some of them members of the outlawed Irish Republican Army. As Beer Belly began to recite an anonymous poem, the crowd grew silent...
There is no joy at these tidings among the elderly Irishmen who have been sampling the delights of Kings Tavern's draft beer since it first opened, as the "Essex Lunch," 32 years...
...town, you understand. You had two leagues then. City and District, and although the City League was pretty well-balanced, with either Tech, Latin, or B.C. High copping the title, it was getting pretty boring in the District. I mean, let's make this clear right now. Only Irishmen know how to play hockey, and in the District League, the Mickies all play for either Southie or Charlestown...