Year: 2019
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Glossary 1916 Societies Irish republican organisation formed in 2009.The membership includes individuals who are also members of other republican organisations.In 2012 the Societies launched their single-issue campaign 'One Ireland One Vote', which seeks an all-Ireland vote on Irish unity 32CSM Thirty-two County Sovereignty Movement, formed 1997 A chairde Friends Amhrán na bhFiann Irish national anthem An Garda Síochána Police force in the South of Ireland An Phoblacht Sinn Féin newspaper Ard Chomhairle Ruling executive Ard Fheis (plural Ard Annual conference Fheiseanna) Blanket Protest Protest by republican prisoners in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh prison (the Maze).The protest began in March 1976 after the removal of special category status (political status).Prisoners on the protest refused to wear prison-issue uniforms, instead wrapping themselves in the prison blankets.The Blanket Protest culminated in the Dirty Protest of 1978 and ultimately the Hunger Strikes of 1980 and 1981 Boston College Project Also known as the 'Belfast Project'.Research project which began in 2001.Oral testimonies were collected from IRA and UVF members, among others, on the understanding that the interviews would be stored in Boston College and not released until after the interviewee's death.The PSNI initiated legal proceedings in 2011 to gain access to the tapes
Author: Marisa McGlinchey
Language: English
Topic: Irish and British Studies
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4233919113