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Hidden Histories: Unionist Vanguard

Hidden Histories: Unionist Vanguard

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12.45 26 Dec 2021


Hidden Histories: Unionist Vanguard


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12.45 26 Dec 2021


“God help those who get in our way for we mean business!” - The words of William Craig, founder of the Unionist Vanguard.

2022 marks the fiftieth anniversary of a short-lived political movement that split from the more mainstream UUP, but which shaped politics in the North - and frightened both London and Dublin - over a few dramatic years.

Donal Fallon joined Gavan Reilly for another episode of Hidden Histories to discuss.

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