éıꞃe is ( falling). Rising Main channel

Forwarded from Archiving Irish Diversity Stuff (AIDS)

The Burkean have already given a book list on some foundational Irish Nationalist texts such as Mitchel, Pearse, Connolly etc which can be read here.
If anybody wants book recommendations on Irish Nationalism and such between 1930s ~ 1980s, I'd recommend these books to see its developments.

1. Architects of the Resurrection Ailtirí na hAiséirghe and the Fascist New Order in Ireland - R.M Douglas

This covers the 1930-1940s period with particular emphasis on the political party Ailtirí na hAiséirghe. Fantastic book, have it in channel here

2. The IRA 1956-69, Rethinking the Republic - Matt Treacy

This again covers the period in question and the growing split that started in the IRA after the failed Border Campaign (Operation Harvest) ending in 1962. Marxist Leninists in the 60s muscled into the Republican movement and turned it away from armed struggle, resulting in the eventual split in the IRA in 1969 after the failure to protect Irish Catholics during the Battle of the Bogside (see here, here, here). I'll link pdf of this below this post.

3. The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party - Brian Hanley

Brian Hanley is firmly against Irish Nationalism as he's outright libtard and gives talks to NGOs about us, but he's a good historian nonetheless and this book provides a lot of key insights into Left Wing Republicanism in the 30-50s (Republican Congress, Saor Éire) as well it follows the story of the Official IRA who were the Marxist-Leninist faction of the IRA during the split in 1969, them becoming The Workers Party, their takeover of Irish media outlets, RTÉ and their money laundering of North Korean cash (lol). The Stickies as the Officials were also called, referred to the Provisionals, the IRA faction they split from who were mostly Traditional Catholics/Nationalists, as 'Green Fascists' and 'Celtic Supporters with Guns'. The Official IRA also called the Provisional IRA ''literally fascists'' for killing Lord Mountbatten and for Warrenpoint and condemning the operations. I have the book in channel here

4. For the Provisionals, there's plenty of books but its best to read books like 'Out of the Ashes' - Robert White and his other books which are mostly based on interviews. I'm still compiling a good book list for the Provisionals as this becomes more complex with the further split in 1986 and such so I'll do that another day and I'll do some posts on what happened from then and how Sinn Féin are so gay today as post-1986 is where we see that development (Sinn Féin going Atlanticist, Chuck Feeney, Clinton Administration etc). However, I think the 4 books listed should give anyone here who reads them a solid understanding from the 1930s - 1980s.

Some other recommendations are 'The Devil's Deal: The IRA, Nazi Germany and the Double Life of Jim O'Donovan' + Irish Secrets: German Espionage in Wartime Ireland 1939-1945 + The Provos : The IRA and Sinn Fein by Peter Taylor + Bobby Sands - Writings from Prison + A Broad Church: The Provisional IRA in the Republic of Ireland, 1969–1980

👍5

388 viewsmɑꞃcuꞅ ıóꞅɑꝼ 🇮🇪🎼, 09:57