The Origins and Rise of Dissident Irish Republicanism: The Role and Impact of Organizational Splits

by John F. Morrison and John Frank Morrison

Book Overview

Throughout its history the Irish Republican Movement has been beset by splits. The former paramilitary and author Brendan Behan famously quipped that, 'The first thing on the agenda was always the split.' In this in-depth research Morrison analyses the splits through his extensive range of interviews with leadership and rank and file members of the political and paramilitary wings of the Movement. This timely analysis shows how the splits have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623568447
• ISBN13: 9781623568443
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"