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...have long been strong in Ireland, especially since 1690, when Britain's "Glorious Revolution" secured Protestant ascendancy to Ulster. To try to ease the old hatreds, Protestant O'Neill broke all precedent last year by inviting the Republic of Ireland's Catholic Premier Sean Lemass to Belfast. It was then that Paisley, fearing a sellout to the Catholics, began stumping Ulster's six counties, attacking everyone from the Pope ("old red socks") to the Archbishop of Canterbury ("another traitor"). "O'Neill might as well try to stop Niagara Falls with a teaspoon." Paisley stormed...
Blaming his fellow Protestants for most of the violence, O'Neill outlawed an anti-Catholic band of hotheads called the Ulster Volunteer Force. Then the government ordered Paisley and six of his cohorts to stand trial on charges of unlawful assembly and inciting a riot last month in Belfast. Last week Paisley and five of his six companions were found guilty, ordered to pay a ?30 ($84) fine and to promise to keep the peace for two years. When Paisley refused, he was ordered imprisoned for three months...
...week before Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was scheduled to dedicate a bridge in Belfast, Northern Ireland, four young Roman Catholics were mercilessly shot down from ambush in yet another example of the bloody, factional feuding that has rived the country for 44 years. The incident could hardly have come at a worse time; despite the deep loyalty of most of the country's 1.5 million people, Elizabeth is the living symbol of oppression to the 500,000 Catholic minority, and officials feared some kind of retaliation. Sure enough, as the royal bubble-top limousine rolled through...
...than 100,000 tons; on order are 19 more for delivery by the end of next year. The British delivered their first leviathan, the 106,000-ton British Admiral, to British Petroleum last year, and Shell Oil Co. has just ordered a 170,000-tonner from Harland & Wolff in Belfast. Esso has contracted for a 152,000-ton ship from Bremen, three 170,800-tonners from Kiel, and two of 170,000 from French shipyards. Swedish shipbuilders, whose modern yards last year captured second place from the British in total tonnage built, will deliver in April...
...leprechaun gold and buried it near Fort Knox, an area he believes conducive to spontaneous generations. Carolyn Firth, his ready, nubile, and willing daughter, is a pretty girl and a charming actress. But neither of them seems quite at home in a brogue; Rosen at times simply deserts Belfast for Brooklyn. And Miss Firth, for all the attractiveness of her voice, shares with many of the other singers a tendency toward inaudibility...