Quidditch World Cup - Irish vs English

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 97588

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:

> Carol:
> The point of my post, in case anyone is wondering, is that despite
> Fudge's occasional interactions with the Muggle Prime Minister
> (necessary to keep the WW hidden from the Muggles), postmedieval
> Muggle politics, including the present political geography of 
Ireland
> and the United Kingdom, are IMO of no concern whatever to the WW. 

Geoff:
I wouldn't entirely agree with you on that, because the Wizarding 
World might find itself in a position of having to contact the 
Taoiseach in some sort of emergency.

CArol:
> Carol, with apologies for oversimplifying the complicated relations
> between England and Ireland over the centuries, but 1473 suggested 
the
> Yorkists and Lancastrians and this post developed from there. . .

Geoff:
Just watch what you're saying about Lancastrians..... I might do 
something more drastic than think about sending you red roses. 

:-)