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As a member of a group of pro-Irish unity American politicians, known as "the four horsemen", O'Neill hopes the ban will prompt Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to resolve the conflict.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2023

The foreign secretary flew to Washington to try to repair relations with pro-Irish Democrats, including the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and the chairman of the House ways and means committee, Richard Neal.

From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2020

Diggins capped the burst with another three-point play that made it 41-38 with 13:17 left and brought the pro-Irish crowd to its feet and left Auriemma's team reeling.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2011

The hunger strike and eventual death of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, brought pro-Irish feeling to white heat and overshadowed for a time the U. S. Presidential contest of 1920.

From Time Magazine Archive

In many others of his writings he showed that pro-Irish leaning which caused Grattan to invoke his spirit along with that of Molyneux on the occasion already referred to.

From The Glories of Ireland by Lennox, P. J.