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Author : Richard O'Rawe
language : en
Publisher: Virago Press
Release Date : 2005
Blanketmen written by Richard O'Rawe and has been published by Virago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Richard O'Rawe was a senior IRA prisoner in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh prison. One of the 'Blanketmen', he took part in the dirty protests that led to the hunger strikes of the early 1980s. Now O'Rawe gives his personal account of those turbulent times that saw British and Irish governments entering unprecedented negotiations with the IRA Army Council and the prisoners themselves. Passionate, disturbing and controversial, Blanketmen is a landmark book in the cruel history of Northern Ireland." -- Back cover.
Blanketman
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Author : Kieron Magee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-07-04
Blanketman written by Kieron Magee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-04 with categories.
'Blanketman' is the terrifying yet uplifting tale of Harry Larkin, an eighteen year old IRA member from Belfast that gets incarcerated in Long Kesh Prison in 1979 at the pivotal moment when IRA members have opted to endure a harsh regime rather than accept the label of 'criminal' being forced upon them by the British Government. As far as the IRA are concerned, Ireland is for the Irish so fighting to free one's country from British rule is far from being a crime. Forced into a shit-covered cell wriggling with maggots Harry finds himself 'doubled up' with Jim Corbett, a three year veteran of the 'blanket' and 'no-wash' protest. Unfortunately, Harry has arrived on H3 on the day of a wing shift. To make matters worse, Class Officer Robinson, a tyrannical screw with a penchant for whisky is taking bets with his colleagues that he can make Harry conform and wear the prison uniform on the first day. Full of incessant black humour, 'Blanketman' provides a glimpse of what it must have taken to survive in such a brutal and hostile environment.
Northern Heist
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Author : Richard O'Rawe
language : en
Publisher: Melville House
Release Date : 2021-04-06
Northern Heist written by Richard O'Rawe and has been published by Melville House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-06 with Fiction categories.
"Full of double and triple-crosses . . . Northern Heist’s deeds and details seem as real as a smashed kneecap, while its stopwatch tension, heightened by present-tense voice, is reminiscent of such classic caper films as 'Rififi' and 'The Asphalt Jungle."—The Wall Street Journal A fast-paced, suspenseful thriller based on one of the biggest (and still unsolved) bank-robberies in history, written by a former IRA bank robber. Nobody robs banks in Belfast without the IRA getting a cut -- not even former Provo James 'Ructions' O'Hare. But when word gets around O'Hare may be up to something, the pressure from the IRA begins. Ructions' trusts his crack squad of former paramilitary compadres, and has full confidence in his audacious plan: To literally empty the biggest bank in Belfast by kidnapping the families of two employees - known as a "tiger" kidnapping -- in order to force them to help Ructions and his crew get into the bank's vault. But keeping the plan -- and the money -- from the IRA is another plan entirely, one requiring all Ruction's cunning and skill. In this stunning debut novel, as audacious and well-executed as Ructions' plan to rob the National Bank itself, Richard O'Rawe -- a former IRA bank robber himself - unleashes a story that will shock, surprise and thrill as he takes you on a white-knuckle ride through Belfast's criminal underbelly. Enter the deadly world of tiger kidnappings, kangaroo courts, money laundering, drug deals and double-crosses.
Ten Men Dead
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Author : David Beresford
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Release Date : 1997
Ten Men Dead written by David Beresford and has been published by Atlantic Monthly Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and distraught family members kept bedside vigils, one "soldier" after another slowly went to his death in an attempt to make Margaret Thatcher's government recognize them as political prisoners rather than common criminals. Drawing extensively on secret IRA documents and letters from the prisoners smuggled out at the time, David Beresford tells the gripping story of these strikers and their devotion to the cause. An intensely human story, Ten Men Dead offers a searing portrait of strife-torn Ireland, of the IRA, and the passions -- on both sides -- that Republicanism arouses.
Formations Of Violence
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Author : Allen Feldman
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-03-14
Formations Of Violence written by Allen Feldman and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-14 with Social Science categories.
"A sophisticated and persuasive late-modernist political analysis that consistently draws the reader into the narratives of the author and those of the people of violence in Northern Ireland to whom he talked. . . . Simply put, this book is a feast for the intellect"—Thomas M. Wilson, American Anthropologist "One of the best books to have been written on Northern Ireland. . . . A highly imagination and significant book. Formations of Violence is an important addition to the literature on political violence."—David E. Schmitt, American Political Science Review
Voices From The Grave
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Author : Ed Moloney
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-06-01
Voices From The Grave written by Ed Moloney and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-01 with True Crime categories.
A candid and brutal account of murder, abduction, and violence during the Troubles in Northern Ireland-from two men on opposite sides of the conflict. After 'the long war' in Ireland came to an end, very few paramilitary leaders on either side spoke openly about their role in that bloody conflict, but in Voices from the Grave, two leading figures from opposing sides reveal their involvement in bombings, shootings and killings on one condition: that their stories were kept secret until after their deaths. In extensive interviews given to researchers from Boston College, Brendan Hughes and David Ervine spoke with astonishing openness about their turbulent, violent lives. Hughes was a legend in the Republican movement. An 'operator', a gun-runner and mastermind of some of the most savage IRA violence of the Troubles, he was a friend and close ally of Gerry Adams and was by his side during the most brutal years of the conflict. David Ervine was the most substantial political figure to emerge from the world of Loyalist paramilitaries. A former Ulster Volunteer Force bomber and confidante of its long-time leader Gusty Spence, Ervine helped steer Loyalism's gunmen towards peace, persuading the UVF's leaders to target IRA and Sinn Fein activists and push them down the road to a ceasefire. Now their stories have been woven into a vivid narrative which provides compelling insight into a secret world and events long hidden from history.
Rethinking Occupied Ireland
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Author : Jessica Scarlata
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2014-02-11
Rethinking Occupied Ireland written by Jessica Scarlata and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-11 with Performing Arts categories.
Imprisonment is a central trope of Irish nationalism, often deployed to portray the injustice of an Ireland occupied by foreign rule. Irish nationalism celebrates people jailed for resistance to British forces. While such a celebratory history resists colonialist images of Irish brutality, it also generates nationalist amnesia and nostalgia. Rethinking Occupied Ireland takes this history as its point of departure, arguing that the potent visual language generated to represent national heroes facilitates a narrow conceptualization of "occupation" and "resistance." Irish cinema has long offered a double critique—against both colonialist and nationalist historiography. Through a study of incarceration in film, Scarlata critiques state-of-emergency discourses and reveals the global relevance of Irish history to questions of terrorism, security, and sexual and gender transgression in an ever-lengthening list of crimes against the nation. The films included in this book, ranging from 1980 to 2010, explore Irish history from the perspective of those marginalized within or ejected from Irish and British national narratives, providing an ideal occasion to interrogate the legacy of colonialism and post/anticolonial nationalism. Examining Ireland’s past in relation to its present, these films become a mode of postcolonial historiography, and, Scarlata argues, they are an important component in the reevaluation of what constitutes political cinema and political resistance.
Out Of The Ashes
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Author : Robert White
language : en
Publisher: Merrion Press
Release Date : 2017-04-25
Out Of The Ashes written by Robert White and has been published by Merrion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-25 with History categories.
Out of the Ashes is the definitive history of the Provisional Irish Republican movement, from its formation at the outset of the modern Troubles up to and after its official disarmament in 2005. Robert White, a prolific observer of IRA and Sinn Féin activities, has amassed an incomparable body of interview material from leading members over a thirty-year period. In this defining study, the interviewees provide extraordinary insights into the complex motivations that provoked their support for armed struggle, their eventual reform, and the mind-set of today’s ‘dissidents’ who refuse to lay down their arms. Those interviewed stem from every stage of the Provisionals’ history, from founding figures such as Seán Mac Stiofáin, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh and Joe Cahill to the new generation that replaced them: Martin McGuinness, Danny Morrison, and Brendan Hughes among others. Out of the Ashes is a pioneering history that breaks new ground in defining how the Provisionals operated, caused worldwide condemnation, and were transformed by constitutional politics.
In The Name Of The Son
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Author : Richard O’Rawe
language : en
Publisher: Merrion Press
Release Date : 2017-10-04
In The Name Of The Son written by Richard O’Rawe and has been published by Merrion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
London, 19 October 1989. An electrified young man, with eyes wild and a clenched fist, bursts out of the Old Bailey and declares his innocence to the world. Gerry Conlon has just won his appeal for the 1974 Guildford pub bombing. After fifteen years in prison, freedom beckons. Or does it? Following his release, Conlon received close to one million pounds from government compensation, movie and book deals; he ran in the same circles as Johnny Depp, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Shane MacGowan. Conlon seemed to have it all. Yet within five years he was hooked on crack cocaine and eating out of bins in the backstreets of London. Beyond the elation of his release was the awful descent into addiction, isolation and self-loathing. But this is a book about the resilience of the human spirit. What emerges from the darkness and the addiction is Gerry Conlon the pacifist; the man who came to be recognised around the world as a campaigner against miscarriages of justice. In the Name of the Son also reveals damning new evidence of statement tampering by the authorities which would’ve cleared Conlon at the initial trial. Life-long friend, Richard O’Rawe, has written a powerful and candid story of Gerry Conlon’s extraordinary life following his years of brutal incarceration at the hands of the British justice system.
Bobby Sands
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Author : Denis O'Hearn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-03-10
Bobby Sands written by Denis O'Hearn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-10 with Northern Ireland categories.
This is the best-selling biography of the IRA resistance fighter and hunger-striker, Bobby Sands. In this updated, new edition, Denis O'Hearn draws from a wealth of interviews with friends, comrades, fellow prisoners and prison wardens, to provide a faithful and shocking insight into life in Northern Ireland's H-Block prisons, an exploration of the motivations and thoughts of the Republican strikers and the story of one of the world's most radical, inspirational figures.Following his journey from its very beginnings - an ordinary boy from a working-class background in Belfast to a highly politicised, articulate revolutionary whose death in HM Prison Maze sent reverberations around the world, Bobby Sands: Nothing But An Unfinished Song captures the atmosphere of the time and the vibrancy of the man: a militant anti-imperialist who held on to his humanity despite living through a bitter, ugly struggle.