Even Greener Pastures

@Neal, I assumed your question was directed at Kseniia: I think you probably know me well enough by now not to be surprised that I know a thing or two about Irish. And, to answer it for her, she's much better read than she likes to admit.

@Kseniia, Ah, Garry Bannister, is it?
This would be an English friend, I presume. The English generally have very little understanding of Irish history or their own country's pernicious role therein, or the conflict in the North (as Brexit is currently making abundantly clear; it's an amusing irony that the Irish border which is now causing the English Brexiters so much trouble was actually created by them in the first place). I think the English press presented a very one-sided story during the Troubles, and any attempt to try and gain a deeper understanding or a more balanced picture might be condemned as pandering to terrorists. But, cogar, where have you been learning phrases like "Up the RA!"?