The so called Troubles in Northern Ireland started in the mid-1960s with civil rights activists protesting against what they saw as vote-rigging in favour of the Unionists and the discrimination in employment, housing and education against Catholics. The hated Ulster Special constabulary, with its violent B-Specials were a particular target. That"s when Percy Crow became his most valuable to the British Government in Westminster.
In 1966 a group of loyalists, claiming to be well armed, declared war on the Irish Republican Army. The date they chose to announce this declaration coincided with the Republican fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Rising, a sacred date on their calendar. Firebombing rained down on Catholic-owned businesses and homes as well as the shooting of many civilians. A lo
