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RUAIRI O BRADAIGH
THE LIFE AND POLITICS OF AN IRISH REVOLUTIONARY |
| By: |
Robert W. White |
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Book |
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£54.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0253347084 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253347084 |
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| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
25 February, 2006 |
| Pages: |
464 |
| Description: |
A revealing biography of a major figure in the Irish Republican Movement |
| Synopsis: |
In a very real sense, Ruairi O Bradaigh can... be said to be the last, or one of the last Irish Republicans. Studies of the Provisional movement to date have invariably focused more on the Northerners and the role of people like Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. But an understanding of them is not possible without appreciating where they came from and from what tradition they have broken. Ruairi O Bradaigh is that tradition and that is why this account of his life and politics is so important." -from the foreword by Ed Moloney, author of A Secret History of the IRASince 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, to the Dublin parliament. Today, he is the most prominent and articulate spokesperson of those Irish Republicans who reject the peace process in Northern Ireland. His rejection is rooted in his analysis of Irish history and his belief that the peace process will not achieve peace. Instead it will support the continued partition of Ireland and result in continued, inevitable, conflict.The child of Irish Republican veterans, O Bradaigh has led IRA raids, been arrested and interned, escaped and been "on the run," and even spent a period of time on a hunger strike. An articulate spokesman for the Irish Republican cause, he has at different times been excluded from Northern Ireland, Britain, the United States, and Canada. He was a key figure in the secret negotiation of a bilateral IRA-British truce. His "Notes" on these negotiations offer special insight to the 1975 truce, the IRA cease-fires of the 1990s, and the current peace process in Ireland.O Bradaigh has been a staunch defender of the traditional Republican position of abstention from participation in the parliaments in Dublin, Belfast, and Westminster. W |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Indiana University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic title for 2006. |
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