The Tilson Case: Church and State in 1950s Ireland by David Jameson — no demilitarised zone
Behind the court cases, and pricey lawyers lay a story about relationships, sad humanities and dreary domestic dramas
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A story of church and State in 1950s Ireland with an intriguing twist
A dispute crystalising the sectarianism and intolerance of mid-20th century Ireland split the country and became a cause celebre of the 1950s
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He took his sons from their mother and put them in an orphanage: the 1950s domestic spat that pitted Protestants and Catholics against the State
On his way to his father’s funeral after 13 years’ exile in England, Ernest Tilson decided to call at his old stomping ground of Cole’s pub in Ballsbridge, Dublin, for a nostalgic pint. There he met his estranged father-in-law, John Barnes, and despite the public notoriety that had befallen both their families, the men sat in the pub together and decided to set the world to rights.
Source: independent.ie