DAVID LOWE is one of the few Protestants left living in the Border town of Crossmaglen in south Armagh - but it does not bother him. A devout man, he is sexton of the Church of Ireland church of Creggan and is active in the local community.
"I was always very well got through the country because I did all sorts of jobs ... I never had a spot of trouble all during the Troubles," says Mr Lowe (69), whose family is the only Protestant one in the townland of Cregganduff.
Protestants on the Border are not under threat, he says, but numbers are reducing due to lack of work for young people in the area.
Mr Lowe has worked with the handicapped for years and with the Red Cross since 1959. He has worked in Creggan church for over 50 years, starting as a boy when he "blew" the organ. Later he got a job at his school lighting fires and sweeping floors. His two brothers were sextons at the church before he took over.
Mr Lowe has seen many changes but one that he does not welcome is the surge in vandalism. The beautifully kept Creggan graveyard is regularly targeted. The church windows have had to be protected. "In the olden times you wouldn't have had any of that," he said.
His congregation is dwindling. "Some Sundays there are only 11 in the congregation," he said. In addition, there are only two young families in the parish.
"What happened here is that some people didn't marry. And another problem we have here is some of them turning," said Mr Lowe, who recalled several young people who had married "RCs".
The peace process "doesn't seem to make much of a difference to me because I have no problems but I would love it to go on".
"During the ceasefire we felt more free. I would love a ceasefire again. It was very annoying to hear of places being blown up and people being killed. It doesn't matter who you are, nobody has the right to take life," said Mr Lowe.
"The politicians, as far as I can see, are all stubborn on both sides ... everybody will have to give in a little. You can't have it all your own way," said Mr Lowe.
"I hope they will come to an agreement and make peace and I hope we aren't going to have another summer like last summer ... I am against violence ... A Christian is supposed to obey the law of the land. But then there are so many people and politicians now who are not Christian and that's the problem," said Mr Lowe.