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The shepherd and the morning star : two lives apart
Orr, Willie2019
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Willie Orr was born in 1940 in Northern Ireland. After a public school education, he turned his back on the values of his parents, working for a time in the Belfast shipyards and also as an actor in theatres throughout Ireland. He then moved to Scotland and spent time in the Iona Community, before becoming a shepherd and later a teacher. He now lives in Oban with his wife Jan.Willie was born in 1940 in Bangor, Co Down, to Captain Lawrence Percy Story Orr, known to his family as PB (Poor Billy) and his wife, Jean. The father-of-five was a high-ranking Orangeman, leader of the Ulster Unionists at Westminster and a staunch critic of any attempts by the government to interfere in the affairs of Northern Ireland. But, unknown to most of his electorate, he was a prolific philanderer and, in 1974, as the selection committee prepared to choose who would run for the party at the next election, his world came crashing down around him.
Main title:
The shepherd and the morning star : two lives apart / Willie Orr.
Author:
Orr, Willie, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2019.
Collation:
197 p. : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781780275888 (pbk)1780275889 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.60820922
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
23629