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The Bold Tartan Men oF Ulster: The Bold Tartan Of Ulster
The Bold Tartan Men oF Ulster The Bold Tartan Of Ulster Author:Mr James William Gray This is based on true events through the eyes of a tormented sixteen year old Glasgo, who like many of his generation felt compelled to belong to a movement in defense of a Protestant Loyalist cause Belfast 1973.The Tartan Clans, the foot-men of the Orange[Scots-Irish] Paramilitaries where engaged to do their bidding. Like most young men of his ... more »age, he succumbs to the powerful clan membership and innocently gets mixed up with the politics of Northern Ireland. An organization from the protestant community enlists the tartan clans to help with their cause against the police[RUC] and the British Army, orchestrating skirmishes all over Belfast. Republican civil war looms, the loyalists are in dire need of arms to defend themselves. Enter the youth of the bold tartan men of ulster. The Author tells it as it is, in a compelling but gripping story of events, that also takes in what was going on behind the scenes of the local police station, as the novel then takes on a different angle. One war after another, finally at seventy-five, to settle down with a woman, McGovern found what he was always searching. Seemingly an emotionally low maintenance woman called Mary McNamara. He again brought forward his overdue De-mob date for the sake of survival. Moreover the future of the village they would live, love and end their final days in. Trouble is, how to keep the arms haul he had intercepted from the orange paramilitaries knowing; It is one thing swallowing the loyalist revenge, who are still largely law biding citizens. But what if that included a rouge Provo arms dealer, who you did a number on. Not the same.« less