A Partisan History Of The Name IRA
The historical lecturer Séan Ó Duibhir has an interesting if flawed review on the RTÉ website of the many insurgentContinue Reading
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Was The IRA Defeated?
One of the great modern myths of the Troubles, the insurgency and counterinsurgency conflict that raged in the British-ruled northContinue Reading
Fine Gael Government To Honour The Black And Tans And Auxies In State Ceremony?
I’m very much in two minds about the announcement of an official state ceremony to be held in Dublin CastleContinue Reading
Boris Johnson On The Peace Process “Defeat” Of The British Government By The IRA
In May 2000, two years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the regional and international peace treaty thatContinue Reading
Jeremy Hunt: To Protect Peace, Both Sides In Troubles Need To Be Treated The Same
After two years of Brexit-frenzied politics in the United Kingdom it’s almost shocking to hear a UK leader expressing aContinue Reading
Game Of Thrones And The Troubles: Justifying The Killing Of Civilians
While there is some contention and uncertainty over the precise figures, authors and researchers generally agree that just over 35%Continue Reading
The EU And IRA Conspiracy Theories Of The Paranoid Brexiteers
Depressingly familiar stuff from the American writer turned anglophile polemicist Lionel Shriver in the UK’s conservative Spectator magazine, peddling one of theContinue Reading
TRT World: Ireland’s Brexit Trouble
The Turkish news channel, TRT World, has published a short documentary on YouTube presented by the South African-born journalist andContinue Reading
The M1921 Thompson Submachine Gun, The IRA And The War Of Independence
While the American-manufactured Thompson submachine gun is frequently associated with the early 20th century incarnation of the Irish Republican ArmyContinue Reading
Nigel Farage’s IRA And EU Conspiracy Theory Is The Real Threat To Peace
As I asked in a previous article, is there any depth to which the British supporters of Brexit will notContinue Reading
Inside The IRA, Video From The Spin Magazine 1994 Feature Story
By the summer of 1993 the international press was full of speculation about the future course of the so-called “Troubles”Continue Reading
Ending The Troubles: How The British Came To Negotiate The Peace Process
Over the last decade the politics lecturer Niall Ó Dochartaigh has done a fantastic job of analysing the complex andContinue Reading
British Government In The North Of Ireland “Riddled” With IRA Agents
The news that Drew Harris, the Deputy Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), has been selectedContinue Reading
American Support For Irish Republican Asylum Seekers In San Francisco
Though it never gained the activist reputation of places like New York, Boston, Philadelphia or Chicago, throughout the three-decade historyContinue Reading
Unseen Women: Stories from Armagh Gaol
In 2006-07, the Prisons’ Memory Archive recorded former political prisoners, staff, teachers, chaplains and lawyers as they walked around theContinue Reading
Targeting Civilians: Settlers, Human Shields, And The Wars In Algeria And Ireland
The Nation has published a review of Zohra Drif’s acclaimed autobiography, Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a WomanContinue Reading
Óglaigh na hÉireann Suspends Armed Actions
A radical change in strategy by Óglaigh na hÉireann (ÓnaÉ), the small insurgent group active in the United Kingdom’s legacyContinue Reading
The Remembrance Day Or Enniskillen Bombing, A Warning From History
On Wednesday the 28th of October 1987 the windows of a Renault 9 car parked outside a line of garages inContinue Reading
Arm Na Poblachta, Army Of The Republic, Reveals Its Anti-Armour Capacity
The term Irish Republican Army (IRA) – or more rarely, Army of the Irish Republic – entered the modern politicalContinue Reading
Gerry Adams On The Legitimacy Of The IRA’s Armed Resistance
An interesting snippet from an interview with the Sinn Féin president and Louth TD, Gerry Adams, recorded in July atContinue Reading
The FBI, The IRA, And Warren Hinckle, Gonzo Journalist And Editor
The name Warren Hinckle will probably be unknown to most ASF readers but for a time he was one ofContinue Reading
The Ferryman, A British Troubles Play Where The Irish Are The Troublemakers
It is a remarkable trick for a violator to present the violated as the aggressor. To turn the victim intoContinue Reading
