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BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ED MOLONEY was born in 1948 and educated in England and at Queen’s University, Belfast. He began his career as a freelance journalist in Belfast. A former assistant editor of Hibernia he was Northern editorofthe Irish Times from 1981 to , 1985 ANDY POLLAK was born in Ballymena, Co. Antrim - Ian Paisley’s home town - and has been a journalist in Belfast, Dublin, London and Latin America. In Belfasthe workedforthe BBC and the Irish Times and also edited the Northern Ireland current affairsmagazine. Fortnight. He isnowareporterwith the Irish Times in Dublin. Digitized by the Internet Archive 2015 in https://archive.org/details/paisleyOOmolo PAISLEY ED MOLONEY&ANDY POLLAK POOLBEG , A Paperback Original First published 1986 by Poolbeg Press Ltd., Knocksedan House, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland © Ed Moloney and Andy Poliak, 1986 ISBN 090516975 1 All rightsreserved. Nopartofthispublication maybe reproducedortransmitted in anyformorbyanymeans, electronicormechanical, includingphotocopy, recording,or anyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem, without permission in writingfrom thepublisher. The book issold subjecttothecondition that itshall not, bywayoftradeor otherwise, be lent, re-soldorotherwisecirculatedwithout the publisher’spriorconsent in anyformofbindingorcoverother thanthat in which it ispublishedandwithout asimilar condition includingthiscondition beingimposedon the subsequent purchaser. Editors: Lorna Stevens Antony Farrell Hilary O’Donoghue Coverdesign by Steven Hope incorporating photographs by Derek Speirs Index by Helen Litton Map ofFree Presbyterian Churches by Brian O’Donoghue Typeset from Computer Discs byTypographies Steeple Lane, Lucan, Co. Dublin. Printed byThe Guernsey Press Ltd. Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book could not have been written without the assistance of a great many people, most of whom we are constrained by the ethics ofjournalism from naming. There are some, however, we can thank personally. Joan McKiernan spent countless hours transcribing and summarising dozensoftape-recorded interviews. Both Joan and Doireann Ni Bhriainoffered lovingsupport and helpful criticism at times of depression and near incoherence, while Ciaran Moloney pluckily endured almost nine fatherless months. Our friends and former Irish Times colleagues, David McKittrick and Fionnuala O’Connor read drafts of the manuscript and gave much needed encouragement and invaluable advice. Any deficiencies in the finished product are, however, entirely our responsibility. David also put his unrivalled knowledgeofLoyalistpoliticsandparamilitaryaffairs freely at our disposal. We would also like to give special thanks to Clifford Smyth, whose excellent PhD thesis on the Democratic Unionist Party helped to guide us through the maze of Paisleyite politics. Clifford alsogavegenerouslyofhistime andinsights, despitethe demands of his own book on Paisley, and we are duly grateful. David Taylor’s illuminating PhD thesis on Paisleyism was of inestimable value in helpingusto understand the innerworkings ofthe Free Presbyterian Church. Others who were particularly helpful were Wallace Thompson, the Rev. Martin Smyth, William Craig, Richard Reid and Steve Bruce. The staff of the Linenhall library in Belfast gave ungrudging assistance despite our constant demands. Thanks are also due to the NI controller of the BBC, V James Hawthorne, who gave us access to the BBC library in Belfast, andtoJean Gamble forall herhelp. The photolibraryof the Belfast Telegraph and the staffof Pacemaker were generous with assistance as were the Irish Times librarians. Hilary O’Donoghue of Poolbeg Press dealt patiently and good- humouredly with all our problems. We wrote twice to the Rev Ian Paisley asking for an interview but have yet to receive a reply. Many current and former members of his church and party were, however, less reticent and, although wishing to remain anonymous, gave us their co- operation in researching thisbook. Tothem andtomembersand ex-members of the following groups and organisations with which the Rev Paisley was associated over the years, we extend particular thanks: The National Union of Protestants, Ulster Protestant Action, the Protestant Unionists, the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, the Ulster Protestant Volunteers, the Official Unionist Party, the Ulster Workers Council, the United Unionist Action Council, Vanguard, the Independent Unionist movement, the Orange Order, the Apprentice Boys of Derry, the UDA, the UVF and the Red Hand Commandos. A numberofPresbyterian ministers, former Northern Ireland Office Ministers and Unionist Cabinet Ministers also gave us help, as did past and presentcivil servants RUC and officers. Ed Moloney Andy Poliak Belfast, August 1986 j CONTENTS Introduction 1 Part 1 One ASeparateYouth 7 Two BuildingaChurch 42 Three God, Gunsand Politics 77 Four TheTraitoronthe Bridge 105 Five TheWhirlwind 145 Six ACatonaHotBrick 180 Seven TheBogofBitterness 192 Part 2 Eight TheFearfulFundamentalists 215 Nine ForGodandUlster 261 Ten Atthe GrassRoots 301 Part 3 Eleven ThePoliticsoftheWeeProtestantHall 319 Twelve TheGrandOldDukeofYork 352 Thirteen TheConfederacyoftheBeast 402 Fourteen AManoutofSeason 417 Fifteen AProphetAmongHisOwnPeople 433 Notes 441 Bibliography 445 Index 449 To Joan and Ciaran and in memory ofmy parents Ed Moloney To Doireann, Eileen and Claire, and to Val for courage Andy Poliak
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