I therefore suggested the demographic impact of violence and threats against West Cork Protestants has been exaggerated, and that many weathered the storm and fairly soon resumed normal communal life [...] incidents tending to create fear among Protestants, with a view to underlining the resilience of the minority and their determination to take a full part in the life of the new Irish state.
I count two exceedingly lame attempts at strawmen here by the good Mr. Fitzpatrick, no doubt with a view to making his (and Hart’s, although sometimes I think it’s difficult to know where master ends and pupil begins) claims look reasonable.