My Father Was A Civil

My Father Was Unemployed And I Was The Eldest Of Seven Children. We Were Very Poor. And When You Ask How Did We Support Ourselves, The Only Funding That We Had Was Unemployment Payments.

Like Everybody At That Age, I Read An Awful Lot Of Pulp Fiction. But At The Same Time, I Also Read Quite A Bit Of History And Read That As Much For Pleasure As Part Of A Curriculum.

I Was Grateful For The Opportunity To Make A Difference. The Political Violence Really Started In 1970-1971. The Political Difficulties Start A Little Bit Beyond That.

I Grew Up In Derry, Of Course, And It Was - Derry Was The Worst Example Of Northern Ireland's Discrimination.

The Basic Policy Of The British Government Was That Since The Majority Of People In Northern Ireland Wished To Remain In The United Kingdom, That Was That. We Asked What Would Happen If The Majority Wanted Something Else, If The Majority Wanted To See Irish Unity.