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Retired AF Guy said:Its in the memories. The troubles in Northern Ireland started in the early '60's. Prior to that the last time the Irish-Brits had gone it was in 1920's; in other words in living memory. Heck, there were people who had fought in the Irish Rebellion against the British who were still alive in the '60's!
On the other hand, the last time the Scots and British duked it out was at Culloden in 1746. Ancient history.
When I was in Bosnia (Republic Serbska) we would be retailed with stories of the Battle of Kosovo Polje, told with such verve and detail that you would imagine it took place during the civil wars of the 1990's.
It took place in 1389
Quebec separatists cling to events dating from the 1500's to the 1700's as the source of their grievances, causing no end of headaches for the Rest of Canada for decades.
So "Ancient History" can come back to bite you. (OTOH I'm not sure the idea that most North Americans are "Ahistorical" and rarely consider events from longer ago than last week to be much of an improvement; there must be some sense of perspective and understanding of "how" and "why" things got to this point to effectively plan and carry out effective actions).