The 3rd of May 2021 will see the 100th anniversary of the partition of Ireland. In recent weeks this has come into focus with the DUP taking offence at the Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald stating that the party would not be participating in celebrations of the centenary of partition. In 2016, the DUP’sContinue reading “Commemorating a centenary of partition?”
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Claims of anti-Catholic bias by the old Stormont regime are hugely exaggerated…!
“Accusations of discrimination against Catholics by the unionist Stormont regime of 1921-72 have been a staple of nationalist politics, underlying the Good Friday Agreement and the aspiration for Irish unity. The allegations are widely believed, even by unionists, but are hugely exaggerated.” So claims Graham Gudgin, David Trimble’s former adviser, in one of the, nowContinue reading “Claims of anti-Catholic bias by the old Stormont regime are hugely exaggerated…!”
“Come Hell, High Water or Herr William Craig…”, #CivilRights50
On 5th October, 1968, the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (N.I.C.R.A.) staged the first of the civil rights marches in Derry demanding an end to discrimination in housing allocation, gerrymandering and restrictions in the right to vote. You can read some more on the background to N.I.C.R.A. here. By the October 1968 march, it hadContinue reading ““Come Hell, High Water or Herr William Craig…”, #CivilRights50″
A history of NICRA by its first treasurer, Fred Heatley, published in Fortnight in 1974
Fred Heatley, who was for a number of years an executive member of NICRA, wrote a series of articles on the growth and development of the Association which were published across five issues of the magazine Fortnight in 1974, starting with issue 80 on 22nd March with the last instalment in issue 84 on 7thContinue reading “A history of NICRA by its first treasurer, Fred Heatley, published in Fortnight in 1974”
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