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The Holy Cross

Holy Cross, the Untold Story

By Seth Linder, Contributor
June / July 2005

June 1, 2005 by Leave a Comment

"There were men and women, over their fences, shouting names and spitting and pulling people's hair...and then a bomb flew over. Father Troy told us all to run. I thought everyone was going to die." Roisin Crawford was nine years of age during the infamous Holy Cross protest of 2001, when a group of Loyalist protesters, claiming provocation from local Republicans (including … [Read more...] about Holy Cross, the Untold Story

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