David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

knew as many people in the Lower Falls
as she did in Ballymurphy. The British
Army had put the entire neighborhood
under curfew while they searched for
illegal weapons.
“I didn’t know what ‘curfew’ meant,”
Lawlor said. “Hadn’t a clue. I had to say
to somebody, ‘What does that mean?’
She said, ‘They’re not allowed out of
their houses.’ I said, ‘How can they do
that?’ I was totally stunned. Stunned.
‘What do you mean?’ ‘The people are
locked in their houses. They can’t get out
for bread or milk.’ While the Brits, the
British Army, were kicking in doors and
wracking and ruinin’ and searchin’, I
was, ‘What?’ The biggest thought in
everybody’s mind was, there are people