In Belfast Diary, Conroy offers a street-level view of life in a Catholic Ghetto in West Belfast, painting vivid portraits of its citizens and the violence they faced during the Troubles: bomb threats, murder, police brutality, and more.
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Language: en
Pages: 240
Pages: 240
Resolution of intractable problems around the world requires understanding ordinary people as well as leaders. This street-level view of Northern Ireland provides the best explanation of the twenty-five-year conflict.
Language: en
Pages: 208
Pages: 208
"It's a very weird sensation to be shot at… Very often you see the gunman when it's too late or you don't see him at all. You might as well just be targets on a rifle range. I often wondered if I would get through this tour ok, and even
Language: en
Pages: 248
Pages: 248
Assesses the causes and nature of violence in Northern Ireland and considers the possibilities for peace.
Language: en
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Language: en
Pages: 481
Pages: 481
In December 1954, for his part in an arms raid on Omagh army barracks, Dublin man Eamonn Boyce was convicted on three counts of this archaic offence and sentenced at the Belfast Winter Assizes to twelve years' imprisonment. This book provides an account of his prison regime; IRA command structures;