Episode 38: The Lamplighter
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The bitter and bloody sectarian violence continues across Belfast. One man is witness to much of that in East Belfast, as he takes his life in his hands to keep his part of the city out of darkness. Meanwhile Éamon de Valera picks his team to negotiate the treaty with Britain- but why isn’t he on it?
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