Tom Killalea

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Being European was the ultimate way of not being British. Lemass had set the tone in 1962 in an address to the EEC heads of state in Brussels: ‘Ireland belongs to Europe by history, tradition and sentiment no less than by geography. Our destiny is bound up with that of Europe… Our people have always tended to look to Europe for inspiration, guidance and encouragement.’
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
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