From Belligerents to Brothers: Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness

Francisco "A.J." Camacho

NPR Student Podcast Challenge Honorable Mentions

February 2022

For thirty years between the 1960s and 1990s, Northern Ireland was roiled by sectarian violence. During this time, two radicals inflamed tensions and contributed to tragic destruction. Yet Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley would come to find their portraits in Northern Ireland's seat of government at Stormont: not condemned as terrorists but heralded as peacemakers. This is their journey from fierce belligerents to friendly brothers. HistoryNorthern Ireland