SPREADING IRISH CONFLICT, PART 1 - FROM LIBERALISM TO EXTREMISM

• NCJ Number: 30402
• Journal: CONFLICT STUDIES Issue: 17 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1971) Pages: 5-12
• Author(s): I HAMILTON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Institute for the Study of 12/12a Golden Square
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

ANALYTICAL NARRATIVE OF EVENTS (1968-1971) IN THE CONFLICT OVER NORTHERN IRELAND'S INDEPENDENCE FROM GREAT BRITAIN, INCLUDING AN ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE CAUSES FOR THE SITUATION'S DETERIORATION SINCE 1968.

Abstract

THE ISSUE OF IRELAND'S PARTITION, LORD O'NEILL'S FALSE SUPPOSITION THAT THE PROTESTANT MAJORITY WOULD ALLOW THE CATHOLICS TO ASSERT THEIR RIGHTS, THE RISE OF IAN PAISLEY AND HIS FOLLOWERS, AND THE TACTICAL UNITY OF THE IRA (IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY) ARE DISCUSSED AS CAUSES OF POLITICAL DETERIORATION. FOR PART 2, SEE NCJ-30403.