The disappeared : forced disappearances in Ireland 1798-1998 / Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ó Ruairc, Pádraig Óg, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disappeared persons--Ireland.

Disappeared persons.

Revolutions--Ireland--History.

Revolutions.

Violence--Ireland--History.

Violence.

Nineteenth century.

Twentieth century.

History.

Irish Republican Army--20th century--History.

Irish Republican Army.

Irish Republican Army--19th century--History.

Ireland.

Northern Ireland.

Physical Description:

376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Forced disappearances in Ireland 1798-1998

Place of Publication:

Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland : Merrion Press, 2024.

Summary:

The spectre of ‘the Disappeared’, those abducted, secretly executed and their bodies buried in remote locations, has overshadowed the debate around the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland for the last two decades. Yet what most people don’t realise is that ‘forced disappearances’ have been part of violent political conflicts in Ireland for over 200 years. Historian Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc looks at the history of this practice in Ireland and identifies all known victims over the last century, from the North King Street Massacre in 1916 right up to 2003. Ó Ruairc cuts through the exaggeration and myth that pervade the popular history of the ‘Good Old IRA’ to prove that this organisation was particularly ruthless in using this course of action during the War of Independence and Civil War, much more so than their successors in the Provisional IRA or the British forces in Ireland. The author also reveals how his research has helped locate several bodies of those long missing, one of which has already been recovered and given a proper burial. Behind each disappearance there is the story of a life cut short and a family left searching for answers. Ó Ruairc deftly incorporates this human element, preserving the memory of those who were disappeared on both sides of the conflict. --From publisher's description.

Contents:

'Who fears to speak of '98?'

The North King Street Massacre

Disappeared by British Forces

Spies and informers

Women

Protestant Loyalists

Identifiers

Former members of the Crown Forces

'Tramps'

'Deserters'

British Army officers

The Royal Irish Constabulary

Knockraha

Other cases

The truce period

Civil and interwar years

The Troubles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [334]-357) and index.

ISBN:

9781785375026

1785375024

OCLC:

1417470617

Publisher Number:

90102820080