[{"node":{"title":"Lingard025","Collections":"Chapter 3","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard025","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Provisionals, Unification","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard025","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Lingard025_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff23\n\n\"The soldiers are asking for it. They're occupying our country.\"\n\"I t's not their fault. They'd probably rather be at home.\"\n\n\"Ah, give over arguing you two,\" said Kate, who was leaninglounging\nagainst the wall. \"Why don\u2019t we all go down to the chipperchippy and have\na Coke? Kevin might be down there.\"\n\nBrede looked at Gerald and said, \"Go home at once, Gerald, or\nI'll send your dDa after you.\"\n\n\"Aye, away home now, you lot,\" said Brian. \"And I'll see tomorrow.\n\n\"Right Brian\" said Gerald. He saluted smartly, clicking his heels\n\nThe children went at once. Brede watched them go wonderingly.\nBrian was looking very well pleased with himself.\n\n\"You haven't been eggingencouraging them on, have you, Brian?\" she asked\nslowly.\n\nHe laughed. He put his hands into his pockets and sauntered off\ndown the street.\n\n\"I used to like him,\" said Brede. \"Now I'm not sure. He's changed.\"\n\nKate yawned. \"I heard he's got himself mixed up with some IRA.\nProvisionalsthe Provos.\"\n\n\"Surley not!\"\n\nThe Provisionals were a splinter group from the Irish Republican\nArmy. They were dedicated to the unification of Ireland, a dnand\ndeclared that they could only achieve their end by violence. Some-\ntimes they fought in the streets against the IRA and then the\npolice and the army stayed clear and let them fight it out between\nthem.\n\n\"Let's go down to the chipperchippy\" said Kate.\n\nBrede shivered. \"I'm cold. I'm going home.\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]