Irish Republicanism

'Terror confined? Prison violence in Ireland, 1919-21' in David Fitzpatrick (ed.), Terror in Ireland, 1916-1923 (Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2012)

by Justin Dolan Stover

www.lilliputpress.ie

'A happy blend'? Irish Republicanism, Political Violence and Social Agitation, 1962-1969

by Liam Cullinane

Saothar 35: Journal of the Irish Labour History Society 2010, pp.49-65

Filibusters, Fenians, and a Contested Neutrality: The Irish Question and U.S. Diplomacy, 1848–1871

by David Sim

published in American Nineteenth Century History, December 2011.

The period from the late 1840s to the early 1870s represented a distinct one in Irish-American politics. This article... more The period from the late 1840s to the early 1870s represented a distinct one in Irish-American politics. This article frames Irish-American nationalists active in this period as nonstate actors seeking to influence the course of U.S. foreign relations to serve their own interests. In particular, it focuses on the activities of the Fenian Brotherhood and an earlier, less well-known organization, the Robert Emmet Club. The actions of both highlighted the looseness of U.S. neutrality legislation and, ultimately, provided a compelling argument for Anglo-American rapprochement. Simultaneously, in the immediate postbellum years, U.S. statesmen had reason to manipulate the Irish question to further their own ends. However, as Anglo-American relations improved the geopolitical value of Irish nationalism declined; Irish-American nationalists were left marginalized in the calculations of U.S. diplomats.

Legitimacy and Non-State Political Violence

by Christopher Finlay

Journal of Political Philosophy, 18.3 (2010): 287-312.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9760.2009.00345.x/abstract

When Terrorism as Strategy Fails: Dissident Irish Republicans and the Threat to British Security

by Aaron Edwards

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Vol. 34, No. 4, (April 2011), pp. 318-336

The use of terrorism as a strategy for obtaining political goals by non-state actors persists in the international... more The use of terrorism as a strategy for obtaining political goals by non-state actors persists in the international system, despite attempts by states to counter the phenomenon. This article explores the resurgent threat posed to British security by dissident Irish republicans in order to illustrate the limited utility of terrorism as a strategy in the current sociopolitical context. Therefore, it has three objectives: First, it explains how strategic theory can aid in constructing a conceptual framework for explaining the persistence of terrorism, in general, and dissident republican violence, in particular. Second, it examines the dissident threat in light of the general failure of “armed struggle” to achieve republican goals in Irish politics. It is argued here that dissident republicans have confused “means” with “ends” and that this, ultimately, demonstrates the futility of their violence. Finally, the article suggests ways of tackling the dissident republican variant of terrorism.

Irish Republican Politics and Violence Before the Peace Process, 1968–1994

by Marc Mulholland