The Northern Ireland Conflict on the Margins of History: Protestant Memory on the Border: 14

By Kenneth Funston, and Cillian McGrattan
Published by Berghahn Books, 2025.
ISBN: 978-1-80539-991-9
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Abstract

Assessing the impact of paramilitary violence on border Protestants in Northern Ireland remains a critically overlooked part of the region’s history. Remembered through a framework of memory that blurs the boundary between victim and perpetrator, existing scholarship often disempowers border Protestants by obscuring their experience under the Provisional IRA’s campaign. This re-examination of the conflict illuminates how the Troubles impacted the Protestant community’s physical, economic, and cultural presence in the border counties. Combining oral history with a broader assessment of the Provisional campaign, this book presents a compelling case study for viewing this violence as a form of ethnic cleansing.