This title explores the politics of the most important Irish nationalist leader of his generation, John Hume. The book shows Hume to be one of the chief architects of the Northern Ireland peace process, and a key figure in the making of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
The struggle between Catholic and Protestant has shaped Irish history since the Reformation. Tracing the history of religious identities in Ireland, the author argues that the identity of both Catholics and Protestants is shaped by the way that each community views the other. Sh…
"This book examines Field Day Theatre's cultural intervention into the Northern Irish Troubles through individual readings of the fourteen plays produced by the enterprise. It argues that at the heart of this project were performances, in a variety of different forms and registe…
"Since the mid-1950s, Ruairi O Bradaigh has played a singular role in the Irish Republican Movement. He is the only person who has served as Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army, as president of the political party Sinn Fein, and to have been elected, as an abstentionist,…
"Since the mid-1950s, Ruairi O Bradaigh has played a singular role in the Irish Republican Movement. He is the only person who has served as Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army, as president of the political party Sinn Fein, and to have been elected, as an abstentionist,…