Growing up in Carrickfergus, photographer Gareth McConnell had a strange sense of what was normal. He recalls helicopters landing and taking off, military roadblocks and soldiers “rolling by”, or occasionally men in balaclavas. This was at the height of the conflict known as the Troubles in Northern Ireland/the North of Ireland (McConnell consciously uses both names when he speaks, noting that each is loaded with different political meanings). “The air was sohellip;read more raquo;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;View Gallery (23 images)nbsp;