One of Ireland’s best-known writers and his take on the years since he was born in 1958 Continue reading
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Bloody Sunday: 50 years on
It was a sunny afternoon when 10,000 – 15,000 people joined together to take part in the march. The march began in the housing estate of Creggan and then made its way down the Bogside, which is the largely Catholic area just outside of Derry’s Old City walls. Continue reading
An Informer Speaks. Two Reviews
Willie Carlin was an ex-British soldier who worked for Sinn Fein Continue reading
Remembering the Troubles
These oral histories detail the ordinary activist – those from working-class backgrounds who, in contrast to the revolutionary élite, rarely recorded their thoughts in letters, diaries or memoirs. Continue reading
Waterford in Fiction
… he tells a great story and knows how to keep his readers interested. Continue reading
The Irish Civil War
It is difficult to write about it – or, indeed, read about it – without anger, Continue reading
Peacemaker or Murderer?
This biography, written by one who is certainly no fawning acolyte of Adams, nevertheless adds to the understanding of one of the most important figures in peace in our time. Continue reading
Martin McGuinness – a hard man to replace.
Was he the most important leader of contemporary Ireland? Continue reading
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