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Yes There Was Protestant Support For A United Ireland, Episode 149

This Episode remembers a Presbyterian clegyman, Rev. James Irwin as a hero of the early 1900s battle against Britain for a Free Ireland. He was born near Derry and had a parish in Antrim. He traveled through America and Canada with Eamon DeValera, the first Teasoich of Free Ireland, on fund raising efforts. He was jailed by Orange men for his efforts. 



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