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There aren’t enough Northern Irish questions on this forum, so here’s one for the Ulster folk.

I have always been sort of interested in Northern Irish PM Terrence O’Neill. He was arguably the most progressive PM Stormont had ever seen but despite his efforts to bridge the gap between Protestants and Catholics, his tenure ultimately ended in failure – lacking sufficient support from the British government and undermined by his own party. So, my question is, did he achieve all he could or was his a career left unfulfilled? Had he had more support (from the public, his party, the British government) could he had helped resolve the Troubles (for the most part) prior to their start?

Russell
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