Books: United Irishman William Drennan and the 'brazen walls' that persist to this day

Although William Drennan was a founder of the United Irishmen and 'advocated a brotherhood of affection between all Irishmen', a view persists that he was an anti-Catholic bigot. A new book, May Tyrants Tremble, debunks that myth and sheds new light on the life and times of the Belfast-born physician and poet, writes its author, Fergus Whelan