As a resident in the Republic of Ireland , he returned his six military medals in 1972 as a result of British behaviour in Northern Ireland ( variously attributed to the Bloody Sunday incident , or the British policy of internment ) . He also renounced his British nationality , taking up an Irish passport , but retaining his right to sit in the House of Lords until the reforms in 1999 . He also campaigned on behalf of the Kurds , comparing the situation in Iraq with that in Northern Ireland
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1972)
John Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken