The phrase has been used recently can’t recall by whom, it reminds be of a Dutch etching of Starlings in Cork 1698, see also the buildings must be near present day South Main Street looking at the over hanging rock where the recently restored Cat Fort is.
Irish Public Discourse is like watching a flock of Starlings Veering Wildly in one direction 1698 and then suddenly in another the phenomenon in Cork 1
13 Monday Jan 2014
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West Cork History 
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