In Ireland nostalgia is not allowed

In Ireland nostalgia is not allowed People wave as they watch the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin in 2019. A new survey shows that Irish people are among the least nostalgic of countries surveyed. Photo: CNS

Narrating the past is really about controlling the present direction, writes David Quinn Is it a good or a bad thing to be nostalgic about the past? If the latter, then the Irish need not worry, because we are one of the least nostalgic countries in the world about our history according to a new…

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