Merrion Press ðhas just publisheda new book byJonathan Trigg.
OUT NOW
DEATH IN DERRY Martin McGuinness and the Derry IRA's War Against the
British
Jonathan Trigg
‘I was in the Army over thirty years and Derry was the most
resentful place I ever served, even the dogs hated us.’
When civil rights
protests in the 1960s gave way to armed struggle, the Provisional IRA in
Derry – both city and county – led the fight against the British security
forces. In the city Martin McGuinness – a young butcher’s assistant from
the Bogside – quickly rose through the ranks, launching a bombing campaign
that reduced the city centre to rubble. In tandem, the IRA’s active service
units fought the British Army in the streets and alleys of the Bogside,
Creggan, Shantallow and the Waterside. Out in the townlands, a new
generation from the county’s traditional republican families waged an
equally ruthless war against their neighbours in the RUC and UDR. The Derry
Brigade’s success would help propel McGuinness to the very top of the IRA’s
Army Council.
By the early 1980s the
Derry Brigade appeared untouchable. However, in reality, Special Branch and
British Intelligence had infiltrated it from top to bottom and almost
destroyed the brigade. By the mid-1990s its war was all but over, its ranks
decimated by death and incarceration. This is the story of that war told by
those from all sides who survived it.
‘A lucid and
absorbing account of one corner of the Troubles. Trigg is even-handed
and never forgets the humanity, and sometimes the inhumanity, of
participants.’ – RORY CARROLL
‘Jon Trigg’s new
book is essential reading on the Derry IRA’s long war. It offers unique
personal testimonies on Martin McGuinness and the ruthlessness by which
he and the Provisionals orchestrated their violent campaign against
local civilians and the British security forces. A compelling study.’ – AARON EDWARDS
‘Intelligent and
forensic. Jon Trigg’s Death in Derry
is a must-read for all those interested in Ireland’s most recent
conflict.’ – RICHARD O'RAWE
Merrion Press ðhas just publisheda new book byJonathan Trigg.
OUT NOW
DEATH IN DERRY Martin McGuinness and the Derry IRA's War Against the
British
Jonathan Trigg
‘I was in the Army over thirty years and Derry was the most
resentful place I ever served, even the dogs hated us.’
When civil rights
protests in the 1960s gave way to armed struggle, the Provisional IRA in
Derry – both city and county – led the fight against the British security
forces. In the city Martin McGuinness – a young butcher’s assistant from
the Bogside – quickly rose through the ranks, launching a bombing campaign
that reduced the city centre to rubble. In tandem, the IRA’s active service
units fought the British Army in the streets and alleys of the Bogside,
Creggan, Shantallow and the Waterside. Out in the townlands, a new
generation from the county’s traditional republican families waged an
equally ruthless war against their neighbours in the RUC and UDR. The Derry
Brigade’s success would help propel McGuinness to the very top of the IRA’s
Army Council.
By the early 1980s the
Derry Brigade appeared untouchable. However, in reality, Special Branch and
British Intelligence had infiltrated it from top to bottom and almost
destroyed the brigade. By the mid-1990s its war was all but over, its ranks
decimated by death and incarceration. This is the story of that war told by
those from all sides who survived it.
‘A lucid and
absorbing account of one corner of the Troubles. Trigg is even-handed
and never forgets the humanity, and sometimes the inhumanity, of
participants.’ – RORY CARROLL
‘Jon Trigg’s new
book is essential reading on the Derry IRA’s long war. It offers unique
personal testimonies on Martin McGuinness and the ruthlessness by which
he and the Provisionals orchestrated their violent campaign against
local civilians and the British security forces. A compelling study.’ – AARON EDWARDS
‘Intelligent and
forensic. Jon Trigg’s Death in Derry
is a must-read for all those interested in Ireland’s most recent
conflict.’ – RICHARD O'RAWE
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
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