“We might get back to the situation of …

“We might get back to the situation of 1912 when a Liberal Government tried to interfere in Irish affairs.”

—Terence O’Neill, as Northern Ireland Prime Minister, warning of Unionist rebellion if UK Government intervened after Derry/Londonderry riots of 5 October 1968, 7/10/1968. The Irish Times, 8/10/1968.

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