‘To Hell with the future and live on the past: May the Lord in His mercy be kind to Belfast’ – Ballad to a Traditional Refrain, Maurice James Craig                                                                   – ‘Rest assured that mighty changes are coming in Ireland. Do you Protestants wish to play a part in them? The Unionist position is no longer tenable; your leaders are abandoning it… do you not see that Englishmen are prepared to sacrifice you… Ireland’s right to determine her own destiny will come about whether the Protestants of Ulster like it or not’. So said Alderman Hugh O’Doherty upon his installation as Derry’s…

Want to continue reading?

Introductory offer: Sign up today and pay €200 for an annual membership, a saving of €100.

Subscribe

Cancel anytime.

Are you already a member? .