BOOK REVIEW:‘Distinctive voice’ given to Ulster by a native son - John Greer Ervine | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
John Greer Ervine (usually St John Ervine) was born in the working class area of Ballymacarrett in east Belfast not far from the shipyard where the Titanic was built on December 28, 1883 to deaf-mute parents. Every member of his family had been born in Co Down for 300 years.