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obviously never seen Glasgow during an OF game - and that's just a microcosm of the troubles in NI of the time.

mmh, are they vowing to drive the opposition into the sea (what a euphemism eh), blowing up pizzaparlours and buses?

(I'm not saying that the north-irish thing isn't bad, it clearly was -and worse when it was in full swing- but is it really comparable?)

Yes, they pretty much were (on the IRA side).  It is comparable; the methodology may be different through geographic and social factors, but the hate isn't.