EPHEMERA

Title: The Battle for Northern Ireland
Object Name: Booklet
Maker: W. Martin Smyth (Primary maker)
W. Martin Smyth (author)
Date Made: 1971
1971
Description: Booklet entitled 'The Battle for Northern Ireland', signed on front cover by Martin Smyth and Bill Gray; published by the County Grand Lodge of Belfast. In this 1971 pamphlet Rev. Martin Smyth attacks what he perceives as the myths of Irish nationalism. Rev. Martin Smyth became Grand Master of the Orange Order in 1971 and was MP for South Belfast from 1982 until 2005.
Materials: paper
Place Collected
Catalogue Number: BELUM.W2011.2026
Copyright: National Museums NI

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