Next we are shown the McCoy family, who are Catholic, and who are becoming irritated by all the noise the Protestants are making. There is ongoing talk about “the cause”, and hints are everywhere that feelings are beginning to run strongly in the local area, which is a dense mixture of Catholics and Protestants whose differences begin to become increasingly problematic around this time and random scuffles in the streets become far more common. The story opens on the “seventh day of July”, upon the Jackson family, who are Protestant, and focuses on Sadie, a strong-willed girl who is growing increasingly excited about her upcoming majorette performance at the Twelfth of July Orange Parade.
“The Twelfth Day of July” by Joan Lingard (1970) is the first in the “Kevin and Sadie” book series, concerning a group of young people trying to survive during the height of the “troubles” in Belfast during the mid-20 th century.
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