With Friends Like These
Free Citizen1971Partition and the national questionPartition and the national question
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LETTER Jack Lynch is well known for his attempts to"recognis¢ the artificial segregation of the Irish people. One of his first attempts was his leading role in the format? on of the Bord Luthcleas Na h-Eireann (B.L.E.) a 26 county | Athletic Body. Simultaneously, | that great worker for the Irish people ?? Billy Mc Kee formed the Ulster Sports Council with some! help from his past friends. These °} were the first attempts to destroy the N.A.C.A. (National Athletic and | Cycling Association) a 32 counties association. Even the G.A.A. recognise Mc Kees'U.S.C. They let him use their pitches for training and they also turn a blind eye to the fact that the U.S.C. is seeking competition with the Imperialist puppet of athletics,the Northern Ireland Amateur Athletics Association. These are the people who say"'No politics in sport", by which they accept partition in sport These are the people who are accepting the words of Lynch, "Partition is a reality and we must accept it". Lynch said this to a delegation of N.A.C.A. men when he interviewed them. The N.A.C.A. refused to accept partition. There was a deluge of publicity in the press for the house building and build luxury oe At rR eee RE eer ae ERROR eRe NER wm 60 SES ny Gre CRE RS nr pega ra hotels for the Tourists. Au isn't a Eee ene Coane it better to build a limited number