A young man by the name of Jack Buckley fought the British as an Irish Republican Army volunteer during Ireland’s war of independence. At one point an aide-de-camp to Republican leader Eamon de Valera in the rebel stronghold of County Cork, Buckley was later decorated for his military service. Fast-forward a century to 2020, and Richard Moore was appointed chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, popularly known as MI6. Moore was Buckley’s grandson. No one in Whitehall’s corridors of power gave a thought to his Irish ancestry.
一位名叫杰克•巴克利(Jack Buckley)的年轻人，在爱尔兰独立战争期间以爱尔兰共和军(Irish Republican Army, IRA)志愿者的身份对英作战。他一度在叛军据点科克郡(County Cork)担任共和派领袖埃蒙•德瓦拉(Eamon de Valera)的副官，随后因军功受勋。时间快进到一个世纪后的2020年，理查德•摩尔(Richard Moore)被任命为英国军情六处（Secret Intelligence Service，又称MI6）局长。摩尔是巴克利的外孙。白厅的权力走廊里，没有人会在意他的爱尔兰血统。