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Reader, Writer, Intrepid Traveller | #GlobalSecurity #Leadership #Strategy #MilitaryHistory | Author of “A People Under Siege” published by @MerrionPress
Jun 20, 2023 10 tweets 6 min read
What kind of future did Sir James Craig & other #Unionist leaders envisage for the people of #NorthernIreland? As I walked the ground of my old homestead #Rathcoole I was shocked to see how the perfect storm of deprivation, disaffection & despair has broken over the estate 1/10 Image Sir Basil Brooke, one of Craig’s successors, believed his government should build “homes fit for heroes” after the Second World War. Built in the 1950s, Rathcoole was to be a model village for his brand of Unionism’s vision of a “peaceful & prosperous Ulster” 2/10 Image