“Should an anthropologist or a sociologist be looking for a bizarre society to study, I would suggest he come to Ulster. It is one of Europe's oddest countries. Here, in the middle of the twentieth century, with modern technology transforming everybody's lives, you find a medieval mentality that is being dragged painfully into the eighteenth century by some forward-looking people.”
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Bernadette Devlin
Bernadette Devlin, a political figure born on April 23, 1947, has been a significant influence on the political stage in Ireland. She has been actively involved in various political activities, striving for social change. more
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