THE ISLANDER - Mcmillan, John
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Rupert Carr has enjoyed an idyllic childhood growing up on a small island off the north coast of Ireland. When at sixteen he goes to stay with his aunt and uncle in County Tyrone, to complete his schooling, Rupert meets and falls for Eilish, a perceptive and uninhibited convent girl. Through her he is drawn into the nascent civil rights' movement and brought face to face with the political reality of the Six Counties when their peaceful protest march comes under vicious attack from loyalists with the tacit approval of the RUC. It is the beginning of the Troubles. Rupert flees to England but is…mehr

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Rupert Carr has enjoyed an idyllic childhood growing up on a small island off the north coast of Ireland. When at sixteen he goes to stay with his aunt and uncle in County Tyrone, to complete his schooling, Rupert meets and falls for Eilish, a perceptive and uninhibited convent girl. Through her he is drawn into the nascent civil rights' movement and brought face to face with the political reality of the Six Counties when their peaceful protest march comes under vicious attack from loyalists with the tacit approval of the RUC. It is the beginning of the Troubles. Rupert flees to England but is soon made aware of the injustice that exists there too and is attracted to Fenella and her radical student circle. Finally Rupert must prove himself in a decisive action against the Establishment …
Autorenporträt
John was born and raised on a small dairy farm in Franklin Centre, Quebec. He attended Sir George Williams University in Montreal and received his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree in 1971. John joined an international engineering company, Combustion Engineering, as a Junior Engineer in Training on a six-month probationary period. He married, raised two sons, and stayed with the same company for over 45 years. He was the Director of Engineering when he left the company in 2016. He now resides in retirement in Manotick, Ontario and has written an article, "The McMillans of Franklin," published in the 2025 annual journal of the Chateauguay Valley Historical Society.