Time Out of Mind — ED KASHI
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Brian Crothers, a teenager from Belfast's working-class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger's Bay, checks himself in the mirror in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Two Catholic boys in Unity Flats sniff glue in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988
The twin towers of the Harland and Wolff Shipyard, known locally as Samson and Goliath, tower over the horizon in East Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988
Teenagers from Belfast's working class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger's Bay visit the grave of a fallen friend in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Local boys climb one of the largest Peace Walls scattered throughout Belfast to separate the Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. 1988
Brian and Sharon, teenagers from Belfast’s working-class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger’s Bay, share a romantic moment in Northern Ireland. 1989
(L) A hooded paramilitary gunman stands in front of a painted wall that reads, You Are Now In Loyalist Tiger Bay, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1990 (R) Bar patrons enjoy a drink and a smoke at the Felon's Club, an IRA owned bar for members and ex-p
(L) Bar patrons enjoy a drink and a smoke at the Felon's Club, an IRA owned bar for members and ex-prisoners in North Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988 (R) A young Catholic boy looks through the rangefinder of a British soldier's gun in Belfast, Nort
Loyalists march to commemorate Armistice Day and the one-year anniversary of an IRA bombing which left 11 Protestants killed and scores wounded in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. 1988
Brian Crothers, a teenager from Belfast's working-class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger's Bay, keeps his night-time protection safely within reach in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
(L, C) Students at the Forthbridge Secondary School, in North Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1990 (R) A woman, sitting on a military vehicle, cheers on sitting on the "Eleventh Night" Bonfire ushering in the "Twelfth" festivities and celebrations of the
A Loyalist parade marches through the Protestant heartland of East Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Brian and Sharon, teens from the working-class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger’s Bay, celebrate the 11th Night Bonfire under the symbol of the paramilitary in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Brian and Sharon in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Brian and Sharon fight in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Children play around an impromptu bonfire in The Fountain, a Loyalist housing estate in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. 1989
Clockwise from top L: Teenagers from Tiger's Bay share a smoke during a hot summer day in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989A Catholic girl hangs out in downtown Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988Teenagers dance at a Protestant night club in Belfast, Nort
Brian Crothers at home in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
(L) Catholic boys play while a British soldier stands in the background in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988 (R) Spectators at a soccer game in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Spectators leave the Orange March in East Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1990
Teenagers from the working class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger's Bay hanging out in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Children play in the burned-out remains of a car torched the night before in a riot between Catholics and Protestants in Tiger's Bay, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989 These images are excerpts from No Surrender: The Protestants , self-published
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Brian Crothers, a teenager from Belfast's working-class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger's Bay, checks himself in the mirror in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Two Catholic boys in Unity Flats sniff glue in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988
Two Catholic boys in Unity Flats sniff glue in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988
The twin towers of the Harland and Wolff Shipyard, known locally as Samson and Goliath, tower over the horizon in East Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988
Teenagers from Belfast's working class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger's Bay visit the grave of a fallen friend in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Local boys climb one of the largest Peace Walls scattered throughout Belfast to separate the Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. 1988
Brian and Sharon, teenagers from Belfast’s working-class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger’s Bay, share a romantic moment in Northern Ireland. 1989
A hooded paramilitary gunman stands in front of a painted wall that reads, You Are Now In Loyalist Tiger Bay, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1990
Bar patrons enjoy a drink and a smoke at the Felon's Club, an IRA owned bar for members and ex-prisoners in North Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988
Bar patrons enjoy a drink and a smoke at the Felon's Club, an IRA owned bar for members and ex-prisoners in North Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988
A young Catholic boy looks through the rangefinder of a British soldier's gun in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988
Loyalists march to commemorate Armistice Day and the one-year anniversary of an IRA bombing which left 11 Protestants killed and scores wounded in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. 1988
Brian Crothers, a teenager from Belfast's working-class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger's Bay, keeps his night-time protection safely within reach in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Students at the Forthbridge Secondary School, in North Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1990
Students at the Forthbridge Secondary School, in North Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1990
A woman, sitting on a military vehicle, cheers on sitting on the "Eleventh Night" Bonfire ushering in the "Twelfth" festivities and celebrations of the Battle of the Boyne in Tiger's Bay, Belfast. 1990
A Loyalist parade marches through the Protestant heartland of East Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Brian and Sharon, teens from the working-class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger’s Bay, celebrate the 11th Night Bonfire under the symbol of the paramilitary in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Brian and Sharon in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Brian and Sharon in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Brian and Sharon in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Children play around an impromptu bonfire in The Fountain, a Loyalist housing estate in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. 1989
Teenagers from Tiger's Bay share a smoke during a hot summer day in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Teenagers dance at a Protestant night club in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1990
A Catholic girl hangs out in downtown Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988
Brian Crothers at home in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Brian Crothers at home in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Spectators at a soccer game in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Catholic boys play while a British soldier stands in the background in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988
Spectators leave the Orange March in East Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1990
Teenagers from the working class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger's Bay hanging out in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989
Children play in the burned-out remains of a car torched the night before in a riot between Catholics and Protestants in Tiger's Bay, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989 These images are excerpts from No Surrender: The Protestants , self-published

Brian Crothers, a teenager from Belfast's working-class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger's Bay, checks himself in the mirror in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989

Two Catholic boys in Unity Flats sniff glue in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988

The twin towers of the Harland and Wolff Shipyard, known locally as Samson and Goliath, tower over the horizon in East Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988

Teenagers from Belfast's working class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger's Bay visit the grave of a fallen friend in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989

Local boys climb one of the largest Peace Walls scattered throughout Belfast to separate the Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. 1988

Brian and Sharon, teenagers from Belfast’s working-class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger’s Bay, share a romantic moment in Northern Ireland. 1989

(L) A hooded paramilitary gunman stands in front of a painted wall that reads, You Are Now In Loyalist Tiger Bay, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1990
(R) Bar patrons enjoy a drink and a smoke at the Felon's Club, an IRA owned bar for members and ex-prisoners in North Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988

(L) Bar patrons enjoy a drink and a smoke at the Felon's Club, an IRA owned bar for members and ex-prisoners in North Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988
(R) A young Catholic boy looks through the rangefinder of a British soldier's gun in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988

Loyalists march to commemorate Armistice Day and the one-year anniversary of an IRA bombing which left 11 Protestants killed and scores wounded in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. 1988

Brian Crothers, a teenager from Belfast's working-class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger's Bay, keeps his night-time protection safely within reach in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989

(L, C) Students at the Forthbridge Secondary School, in North Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1990
(R) A woman, sitting on a military vehicle, cheers on sitting on the "Eleventh Night" Bonfire ushering in the "Twelfth" festivities and celebrations of the Battle of the Boyne in Tiger's Bay, Belfast. 1990

A Loyalist parade marches through the Protestant heartland of East Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989

Brian and Sharon, teens from the working-class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger’s Bay, celebrate the 11th Night Bonfire under the symbol of the paramilitary in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989

Brian and Sharon in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989

Brian and Sharon fight in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989

Children play around an impromptu bonfire in The Fountain, a Loyalist housing estate in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. 1989

Clockwise from top L: Teenagers from Tiger's Bay share a smoke during a hot summer day in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989A Catholic girl hangs out in downtown Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988Teenagers dance at a Protestant night club in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1990

Brian Crothers at home in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989

(L) Catholic boys play while a British soldier stands in the background in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1988
(R) Spectators at a soccer game in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989

Spectators leave the Orange March in East Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1990

Teenagers from the working class Protestant neighborhood of Tiger's Bay hanging out in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989

Children play in the burned-out remains of a car torched the night before in a riot between Catholics and Protestants in Tiger's Bay, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1989

These images are excerpts from No Surrender: The Protestants, self-published in 1991.

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Time out of Mind: The Protestants of Northern Ireland

1988-1991

Mired in years of intimate, sectarian conflict and struggle, Northern Ireland in the 1980s was a fiercely divided and deeply fractured province of the United Kingdom. The Unionist or Loyalist Protestants wanted Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom as carved out by Great Britain in 1921, while the Nationalist Catholics wanted to be reunited with the rest of Ireland.

In Belfast, the provincial capital, rainbows, smiling old men, tweed coats, stone fences, and a jubilant lifestyle can be as much a myth as the leprechaun. I heard rebel songs sung at funerals, found propagandist murals looming over streets, and witnessed politically charged bonfires roaring on symbolic holidays.

The real struggle for equality can only begin after peace. Consciously continuing a war can inadvertently make one’s own self the oppressor. The story of the Protestant Loyalists, although mentioned and studied, often lacked a thorough, detailed and humanizing approach. This essay, my first serious long-term project, is a record of daily life in the urban and rural Loyalist regions of Northern Ireland – their ways, beliefs, hopes and struggles.