James Craig

James Craig appears in 697. The Troubles: Murder in Belfast (Part 1) as Northern Ireland’s first prime minister. The episode uses his “Protestant parliament” language to show that Stormont was not experienced by many Catholics as a neutral regional government.

Craig’s role anchors the source’s account of Institutional Sectarian Discrimination: Protestant dominance in government, policing, courts, civil service, and unionist associational life helped make Catholic distrust of the state structurally predictable.

Connections

• Northern Ireland, Stormont, and RUC - governing and policing setting.
• Orange Order, B Specials, and Institutional Sectarian Discrimination - Protestant-state structure in the source.