Founded upon the partition of Ireland in 1920, Northern Ireland experienced fifty years of nervous peace under the rule of a devolved government in Belfast. This government was representative only of the majority Protestant unionist community while the Catholic minority sought union with the rest of the island. The Protestant fortress held firm until the late 1960s, following which the province subsided into civil unrest widely known as "the Troubles." Thomas Hennessey's even-handed history attempts to understand the reasons for the long history of communal division, mutual suspicion, Catholic alienation, and Protestant siege mentality. It traces the sequence of events, decade by decade, in the history of the troubled province.
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"For a comprehensive history, consult A History of Northern Ireland . . ." -- Washington Post Book World
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Thomas Hennessey is research fellow at The Queen's University of Belfast.
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"A History of Northern Ireland" offers a detailed account of Northern Ireland's history, from its beginning in 1920, until 1996, when peace talks were underway. Although it is thorough, the book is rather tedious, often reading like a list of facts rather than the compelling account it could have been. Northern Ireland's history is far from boring, and if you are intrigued by the Troubles, you might want to pass on this one -- it saps all the passion and fury out, leaving only a dry compliation of facts.
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The older and deeper roots of conflict in what was to become Northern Ireland lie in the seventeenth-century plantation of the northern province of Ulster. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
border nationalists, local government franchise, abstention policy, unionist regime, ending partition, unionist community, electoral areas, many unionists, republican violence, republican paramilitaries, loyalist paramilitaries, electoral divisions, electoral boundaries, unionist majority, nationalist community, local government elections Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Unionist Party, Free State, Boundary Commission, Great Britain, House of Commons, Home Rule, Irish Party, Roman Catholic, Council of Ireland, Government of Ireland Act, Union Jack, Cahir Healy, Secretary of State, Special Constabulary, Ian Paisley, John Hume, White Paper, Alliance Party, British Crown, British Empire, Republic of Ireland, Harold Wilson, Lloyd George New!
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border nationalists, local government franchise, abstention policy, unionist regime, ending partition, unionist community, electoral areas, many unionists, republican violence, republican paramilitaries, loyalist paramilitaries, electoral divisions, electoral boundaries, unionist majority, nationalist community, local government elections Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Unionist Party, Free State, Boundary Commission, Great Britain, House of Commons, Home Rule, Irish Party, Roman Catholic, Council of Ireland, Government of Ireland Act, Union Jack, Cahir Healy, Secretary of State, Special Constabulary, Ian Paisley, John Hume, White Paper, Alliance Party, British Crown, British Empire, Republic of Ireland, Harold Wilson, Lloyd George New!
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