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Neil McCafferty

The Last Word: A Pall of Darkness Falls on Belfast

By Nell McCafferty, Contributor
October / November 2002

October 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

John Lawlor, brother of murdered Catholic teenager Gerard Lawlor, carries his coffin from his North Belfast home. Lawlor was shot dead by an Ulster Freedom Fighter (UFF) gunman.

Thank Christ the murdered man was Catholic. No Catholic will say that on the record, but every northern Catholic knows what it means, and no Catholic has to amplify when it is said privately. It means that if Gerard Lawlor, aged 19, shot dead by loyalists last Sunday night [7.21.02] in north Belfast, had been a Protestant, there would have been political hell to pay, and an … [Read more...] about The Last Word: A Pall of Darkness Falls on Belfast

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