Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781781383261
Subjects: Gangs; Guerrillas; Northern ireland, history
Description: In the the early 1970s in Belfast, many young members of loyalist youth gangs known as 'Tartans' converged with fledgling paramilitary groups such as the Red Hand Commando, Ulster Volunteer Force, and Young Citizen Volunteers.