So a few then?
Shame. Reading some of the posts around and about this subject it seems that US civvies (Boston and NYC) were giving dollars to funds to be sent back to Ireland to waste more British squaddies.
Thats not really the action of an ally. But then to those kind of people the Brits will always be the bad guys, its bred into them.
It still gets at me though, that US guys are supporting the killing of British forces. But then, these wannabe Irishers have prob never been to the Emerald Isle anyway, and so dont have a clue what they are talking about, instead relying on second hand info and heresay.
I don't doubt that there are still establishments that pass the hat so to speak. And one of my biggest complaints has always been that US still allows funding of NORAID.
That said, except for very small enclaves of plastic paddies in cities like you mentioned, a lot of the dollars for "the cause" have dried up and the FBI has busted several large gun running schemes in the past couple of years. It ain't perfect, but 9/11 to open a lot of peoples' eyes.