One
of the eye-opening developments in the ongoing transformation of the conflict in
Northern Ireland has been the journey of John Kelly, whose brother was murdered
during Bloody Sunday in 1972. He's been running the
Museum of Free Derry for many years.
Some years ago, when first meeting him, a
colleague ( Richard Clark) asked, "you seem pretty
angry. What would it take for you to forgive the British?"
He replied
then: "I'll never forgive the bloody British bastards."
Two years
ago, after the Saville Inquiry exonerated his brother (and all the protesters),
he was elated, was joyous. And this time, a calm seemed to have descended upon
him. "The main priority for me was the declaration of innocence. And once
we got that there, it eased the pain of it. But now we're waiting for the next
part [the criminal trial] of the process to be finished and hopefully, at the
end of that process, I can walk away. And say that I done my best."
