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Episode 38: The Lamplighter
A man employed to keep streetlamps lit in Belfast tells of his narrow brushes with death
The bitter and bloody sectarian violence continues across Belfast. One man is witness to much of that in East Belfast, as he takes his life in his hands to keep his part of the city out of darkness. Meanwhile Éamon de Valera picks his team to negotiate the treaty with Britain- but why isn’t he on it?
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Year ‘21
The story of the creation of Northern Ireland in 1921, told week by week.
