Down North: Reflections of Ballymurphy and the Early Troubles

By Ciarán de Baróid.

1972 was the most violent year of the conflict.

In April of that year, the author left his native Cork to take up a community post with the Ballymurphy Tenants' Association in Belfast. The following morning he woke up to a gun-battle.

Down North tells the story of the next four years, lived in the middle of a war. It is told with earthy candour, insight, empathy and humour.

"This book illustrates - with poignancy and humour - how individuals and communities resisted a period of intense military occupation" - Gerry Adams

"Down North provides an insight into the daily resistance and utter resiliance of a community at war" - Bernadette Devlin McAliskey