11.   Irish nationalists naturally saw things differently.

12.   Irish nationalists see the towers as an unnecessary provocation, but the military says they are needed to deter dissident republicans bent on destroying the peace process.

13.   Irish nationalists have long demanded that prisoners be allowed to serve sentences at home, closer to their families.

14.   Irish nationalists in the North dismiss such concerns, saying that there would be years, if not decades, to work out a solution on unification.

15.   It was an overture to all Irish nationalists, not the least of whom belong to the Irish Republican Army.

16.   John Hume, the most accomplished northern Irish nationalist and pacifist of his era, will not wear a poppy even though his father served in the British Army.

17.   John Hume, leader of moderate Irish nationalists in Northern Ireland, proposed holding separate referendums in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.

18.   Once a political hell-raiser on main street, she remains a hard-core Irish nationalist with bullet wounds to show for it.

19.   She is also an ardent Irish nationalist, the first president to hail from Northern Ireland.

20.   That part of the agreement is seen as crucial by Irish nationalists because it involves the Irish government in the administration of Northern Ireland.