Hate Thy Neighbor: Northern Ireland and the Troubles
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The Importance of Peer Pressure on Young Catholics
Young catholics in the north lash out against their perceived oppressors. A parish priest belfast remembered the immense peer pressure these young radicals put on each other to participate in the riots. If you refused, you would be taunted. You are nothing but a coward. Shames finukin was 12 years old at the time and what he experienced that night had such an impact on him that it ended up driving him into the arms of the i r a later in life.
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