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Martin Doyle’s new book “Dirty Linen: The Troubles in my Homeplace” details the events of the troubles in his local area and the wide reaching effects that the conflict had on everyone’s lives. In my personal opinion the book is one of the very finest works on the subject of troubles-era Northern Ireland and is a masterfully crafted collections of human stories in a non-partisan fashion.
We speak about how Martin’s area was terrorized by the infamous "Glennane Gang” and loyalist mass murderer Robin Jackson during the height of their carnage. Martin told me about the anti-catholic discrimination that he dealt in school and how everyday life would be altered by living in such tumultuous times.
Martin also spoke about the multi century history of religious clash in Ireland especially in the north where many planters had been settled and how this sewed the seed for future conflict and violence.
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***TIMESTAMPS***
00:00 Background & “Dirty Linen” metaphor
07:25 “Being aware of history but not weaponizing it”, The RUC father& son
14:10 Ways that life was disrupted by the conflict
22:10 Miami Showband Massacre & Stephen Travers
25:00 Religion as a proxy for other divisions + History of catholic/protestant relations in the north
32:25 Anti-catholic discrimination in Martin’s school
42:05 ROBIN JACKSON & THE GLENANNE GANG terrorizing Martin’s area
49:10 1982 in Bainbridge town (b*mbed delivered by “Killing Rage” author Eamon Collins)
1:01:20 FREEDOM FIGHTER/TERRORIST distinction
1:08:30 Filling in contextual holes in memory about his childhood
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Martin Doyle’s new book “Dirty Linen: The Troubles in my Homeplace” details the events of the troubles in his local area and the wide reaching effects that the conflict had on everyone’s lives. In my personal opinion the book is one of the very finest works on the subject of troubles-era Northern Ireland and is a masterfully crafted collections of human stories in a non-partisan fashion.
We speak about how Martin’s area was terrorized by the infamous "Glennane Gang” and loyalist mass murderer Robin Jackson during the height of their carnage. Martin told me about the anti-catholic discrimination that he dealt in school and how everyday life would be altered by living in such tumultuous times.
Martin also spoke about the multi century history of religious clash in Ireland especially in the north where many planters had been settled and how this sewed the seed for future conflict and violence.
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & LEAVE A 5 STAR RATING TO HELP THE SHOW CONTINUE TO GROW
***TIMESTAMPS***
00:00 Background & “Dirty Linen” metaphor
07:25 “Being aware of history but not weaponizing it”, The RUC father& son
14:10 Ways that life was disrupted by the conflict
22:10 Miami Showband Massacre & Stephen Travers
25:00 Religion as a proxy for other divisions + History of catholic/protestant relations in the north
32:25 Anti-catholic discrimination in Martin’s school
42:05 ROBIN JACKSON & THE GLENANNE GANG terrorizing Martin’s area
49:10 1982 in Bainbridge town (b*mbed delivered by “Killing Rage” author Eamon Collins)
1:01:20 FREEDOM FIGHTER/TERRORIST distinction
1:08:30 Filling in contextual holes in memory about his childhood
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