Mick Clifford: Joe Brolly opened a dam of pent-up grievance

An exploration of the past cannot be a question of one side, on the basis that it feels it was victimised, determining that it, and it alone, has a monopoly on remembering exactly how things were, writes Mick Clifford.

Joe Brolly said he was taken aback by attitudes towards Northerners like himself when he arrived in Trinity College during the 80s. Picture: INPHO/Lorcan Doherty