Brian Feeney: Northern Protestants are following their own 'trail of tears'
Susan McKay's exploration of how northern Protestants are navigating the shifting ground on which they stand in 2021 is a compelling portrait of a community with a crisis of identity, says Brian Feeney
04 August, 2021 01:00
Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol has amplified the identity crisis felt among elements of the northern Protestant community. Picture by Alan Lewis/Photopress
SUSAN McKay's new book,
Northern Protestants: On Shifting Ground, should be compulsory reading for both sides of the divide here: for nationalists, who only see their stereotype of northern Protestants confirmed by every utterance of unionist politicians; and for unionists also, who don't realise those same politicians don't represent the range and depth of different views in their own community which McKay has made available to readers.