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John Morley: “I say the time has come to reform altogether the absurd and irritating anachronism which is known as Dublin Castle.”

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I say the time has come to reform altogether the absurd and irritating anachronism which is known as Dublin Castle.
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John Morley

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Morley calls for a complete reform of the outdated governance system in Ireland.

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