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u/missginj · 4 pointsr/AskHistorians

Oooh it's my lucky day! My thesis is on the peace process, so I've accumulated a pretty big bibliography as I've gone along; I'll give you some good references to get you started below. It's a really fascinating moment in time to study. Just out of my own curiosity -- what has piqued your interest in looking at the IRA in particular in relation to the Good Friday Agreement?

Please note, in flagrant disregard of your specifications (I'm sorry!), these are all books:

Bryan, Dominic. Orange Parades: The Politics of Ritual, Tradition and Control.

  • Bryan is an anthropologist, and this book marks the first anthropological study to focus solely on the Orange Order; his research ran concurrent to the peace process and so gives some insight into the Protestant community at this time.

    de Bréadún, Deaglán. The Far Side of Revenge: Making Peace in Northern Ireland. 2nd edition. Cork: The Collins Press, 2008.

  • de Bréadún is a veteran journalist in NI, and presents a very compelling and readable account of the process here.

    Gallaher, Carolyn. After the Peace: Loyalist Paramilitaries in Post-Accord Northern Ireland. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007.

  • This book offers a nice counterpoint to your interest in the IRA vis-à-vis the Agreement.

    Gilligan, Chris and Jonathan Tonge. Peace and War? Understanding the Peace Process in Northern Ireland. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1997.

  • A nice, easy-to-understand introduction to many of the major events and elements of the peace process.

    Jarman, Neal. Material Conflicts: Parades and Visual Displays in Northern Ireland. Oxford: Berg, 1997.

  • Like Bryan, Jarman is an anthropologist (in fact, the two have worked together quite extensively), and this book is the result of fieldwork performed throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, if I recall correctly; it predates the GFA itself, but is instructive in exploring the ways in which material culture and rituals (murals, images, parading, etc.) shaped the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland during this time.

    McKay, Susan. Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People. Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 2000.

  • I love this book. McKay is another veteran journalist, and this book chronicles her conversations and interviews with Protestants all over the state in the lead-up to the passing of the GFA. It provides a window into a great many different Protestant states of mind and opinions on the peace process and the Agreement. Part of it is available online here.

    McKittrick, David and David McVea. Making Sense of the Troubles: A History of the Northern Ireland Conflict. London: Penguin, 2001.

  • By a couple more journalists, this is an excellent and very accessible primer for a background of the Troubles; it's my go-to citation for such a purpose, and includes three or four chapters that directly address the peace process and cover up to about the year 2000.

    McAuley, James W. and Graham Spencer. Ulster Loyalism after the Good Friday Agreement : History, Identity and Change. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

  • A nice recent collection of essays on, you guessed it, Ulster loyalism after the GFA.

    McLaughlin, Greg and Stephen Baker. The Propaganda of Peace: The Role of Media and Culture in the Northern Ireland Peace Process. Bristol: Intellect, 2010.

  • Media coverage of the peace process played a hugely significant role (of course) in public perceptions of and conversations around it. My university offers this as an electronic resource with full-text available online; yours might as well.

    Patterson, Henry and Eric Kauffman. Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland since 1945: The Decline of the Loyal Family. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007.

    Rowan, Brian. Behind the Lines: The Story of the IRA and Loyalist Ceasefires. Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1995.

  • One chapter available online here.
u/kepeca · 3 pointsr/ireland

I don't really know, i'm from Dublin :)

I read this book and it gave me quite an insight, though they talk to less hardcore people. The others seem more apathetic about it.


https://www.amazon.com/Northern-Protestants-Unsettled-Susan-McKay/dp/0856407712

I think in the past there definitely was more when Ireland really was a catholic backwater. Now ROI is more cosmopolitan, less catholic and wealthier I think it's changed, but follow some made guys on twitter and you'll see people really talking shit about the south.



u/ryanmcco · 2 pointsr/northernireland

If you want a good one to add to that, I'd recommend 'northern Protestants- an unsettled people'

Really interesting book.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Northern-Protestants-Unsettled-Susan-McKay/dp/0856407712

u/comebackwithmybike · 2 pointsr/ireland

>After listening to the Wolfe Tones and Dubliners so much and watching some films like Hunger, Bloody Sunday and In The Name of the Father


Using the above sources (except the Dubliners) to gain a better understanding Irish history and society would be similar to learning about American capitalism by watching Michael Moore documentaries. My point is, these are either emotionally charged or extremely biased sources which is of no benefit to an understanding of history. (Personally, I think using film is generally a bad choice as a method to learn history.)

Some good resources would include:

Dermot Keogh, Twentieth Century Ireland Amazon Link

R.F. Foster, The Oxford History of Ireland Amazon Link (admittedly, many Irish don't like Foster's revisionist approach to Irish history. However, this book is a short and concise edition to Ireland's entire history and provides good context for the 20th century).

Susan McKay, Northern Protestants: An unsettled people Amazon Link

Others mentioned the CAIN website to understand the troubles, and I totally agree. If you are in college at the moment, and have access to academic journal articles, check out Irish Historical Studies. They also have a website.

Finally, check out Newstalk's 'Talking History' podcasts. The presenter is a lecturer in Trinity College, Dublin and his guests are almost always distinct academics on each respective issue. If you look through the back catalog, you will find some great podcasts around twentieth century Irish history.