In the early 1920s, Belfast was a city on a knife edge, a place where tensions simmered just below the surface of daily life. In the middle of all this lived the McMahon family. They weren't politicians or activists, they were just an ordinary respectable family trying to make their way. The head of the house was Owen McMahon, a man well known in the community. He was a successful publican, owning several popular pubs in the city, and he was also involved in the horse racing world. He was seen as a solid, middle-class Catholic man, a pillar of his community, and someone who had earned his place through hard work and decency. He provided a good life for his wife and their many children in their home on Kinnaird Terrace, just off the Antrim Road. The McMahon household was a busy one, full of life and the usual comings and goings of a large family. Owen and his wife Eliza had raised a fine family of sons, many of whom were grown men by 1922. They were involved in their father's ...
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