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Inquiries based on sexual behaviour can take on a terrifying life of their own – just as happened after events in Dublin 120 years agoI always knew my family was basically Irish Irish Protestant,it has to be said – and I always knew the musty anecdote approximately how my banker great-great-grandfather escaped from Dublin wearing a false nose in 1884. Why he went, and what he was afraid of, and remained lost in the mists of time – apart from that his photo was torn out of the family album. Related: The honeymoon is over. LGBT rights must continue after marriage equality | Zach Stafford Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com

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