Hamill: The people of Ireland understand discrimination, and now the New York parade organizers are

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/hamill-irish-understand-discrimination-parade-organizers-article-1.1927158

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Begorrah, let’s hope both sides will forget the hard feelings.

The old line about Irish Alzheimer’s — “forgetting everything but the grudges” — could be buried next March 17, when a gay group will march behind its own banner in the St. Patrick’s Day parade. And the march will be led by Timothy Cardinal Dolan himself.

I’ll drink an O’Doul’s to that.

The news came Wednesday, on what would have been my late mother Annie Devlin Hamill’s 104th birthday. Somewhere, her Irish eyes are smiling because she was a devout Belfast Catholic immigrant who believed fiercely in human justice for all.
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