Show Notes
Northern Ireland Stands on a precipice. The formation of Vigilante committees in Belfast to try to lock areas down and keep sectarianism out. The "closing time" sectarian disturbances in Belfast. The RUC directly confront Protestant disorders on the Shankhill. Northern Ireland is polarised into heightened sectarian tension on the Twelfth Night. Splits appear in the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association over the direction of the movement and many moderates leave. With the coming of a new Prime Minister, a general amnesty is declared. The pace of reforms ramps up.
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