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Other
biographies:
Ma,
Da, Cal, Dympna,
Billy, Uncle Andy,
Mervyn,
Red Hand Luke
Origins
 Ma
grew up on the Falls Road. Well when we say 'grew up' we mean grew sideways
as she is well known as the small - or as we prefer to say 'vertically
challenged' - matriarch of Northern Ireland's most dysfunctional family.
However, do not let her height - or rather the lack of it - deceive you.
Ma is a one-woman Women's Coalition except, unlike Monica McWilliams,
she doesn't have a permanent quivering lip and look like she's about to
burst into tears every time she's on camera.
Ma is a formidable force when made angry. She is the only person to have
scrapped with Red Hand Luke and come off better. As he said at the time,
'That wee woman was scary'. Ma and Da have never had the most romantic
of relationships. Things soured on their honeymoon when Da, with the police
looking for him to assist with their inquiries, whisked her away to a
remote, freezing farmhouse just outside Dundalk, and whispered, tenderly
in her ear, 'Don't be talking to nobody'. This set the scene for their
life together. Da has been on the run from Ma ever since.
Politics
It was Ma who coined the phrase 'Give My Head Peace', referring to the
sectarian strife within her own family. She has no time for the antics
of Da or Uncle Andy, but if she wasn't married to Da, and if Uncle Andy
asked her out, Billy's mother-in-law would be his auntie.
Famous
Ma put-downs.
Cal:
Me and Da have access to secret intelligence
Ma:
Son, if you've any intelligence at all you'll kept it hid from me.
Da:
'Aye, damn right the RUC tortured me in Castlereagh
Ma:
Aye, they left you alone in the dark for five minutes.
Cal:
Them sit-down protests is hard work you know
Ma:
Not with all the practice you get.
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