Derek Lundy, one of Canada's finest writers of non-fiction, was born in Belfast. In this remarkable book he uses the lives of three of his ancestors as a prism through which to examine what memory and the selective plundering of history has made of the truth in Northern Ireland. In Ulster the name 'Lundy' is synonymous with 'traitor'. Robert Lundy, the author's first ancestral subject, was the Protestant governor of Londonderry in 1688, just before it came under siege by the Catholic Irish army of James II. For reasons that ...
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Derek Lundy, one of Canada's finest writers of non-fiction, was born in Belfast. In this remarkable book he uses the lives of three of his ancestors as a prism through which to examine what memory and the selective plundering of history has made of the truth in Northern Ireland. In Ulster the name 'Lundy' is synonymous with 'traitor'. Robert Lundy, the author's first ancestral subject, was the Protestant governor of Londonderry in 1688, just before it came under siege by the Catholic Irish army of James II. For reasons that remain ambiguous, Robert Lundy ordered the gates of the city to be opened. Crying 'No Surrender', members of the apprentice guilds prevented it and drove him away in disgrace, a traitor to the cause. In Derek Lundy's view, however, Robert is more memorable for his peace-seeking moderation than for the treachery the standard history attributes to him. William Steel Dickson's legacy is a little different. A Presbyterian minister born in the late eighteenth century, he preached with famous eloquence in favour of using whatever means necessary to resist the tyranny of the English, including joining forces with the Catholics in armed rebellion. Finally there is
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