Summary
LORD Fitt - better known as Gerry Fitt - was a founder and former leader of the SDLP in Northern Ireland and a fearless critic of the IRA.
He paid for his outspokenness by being the target of attacks on his north Belfast home by republicans. But he was also one of the bravest and best-loved public figures to emerge from the twentieth- century Troubles.See the full content of this document
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Lord Fitt Co-Founder and Former Leader of the Sdlp
His personal courage in the face of armed republican mobs was extraordinary. Once, when they attacked and invaded his home on Belfast's Antrim Road, he stood a lone figure at the top of his stairs, pointing a pistol at them, with his beloved and terrified wife, Ann, lying sick in a room behind him.
His brave stand earned him the respect and admiration...See the full content of this document
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