The IRA on film and television [electronic resource] : a history / Mark Connelly.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2012.Description: v, 267 p. : illOther title:
  • Irish Republican Army on film and television
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/658415082 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.I684 C66 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The Troubles I: the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War -- The big fellow: Michael Collins -- The shamrock and the swastika -- The Troubles II -- The classics: the informer and odd man out -- American angles -- International intrigue -- The gangster film: criminalizing the IRA -- Themes and characters -- Post troubles? -- Conclusion.
Summary: "The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in North Ireland. This illustrated history analyzes celluloid depictions of the IRA from the 1916 Easter Rising to the peace process of the 1990s"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The Troubles I: the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War -- The big fellow: Michael Collins -- The shamrock and the swastika -- The Troubles II -- The classics: the informer and odd man out -- American angles -- International intrigue -- The gangster film: criminalizing the IRA -- Themes and characters -- Post troubles? -- Conclusion.

"The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in North Ireland. This illustrated history analyzes celluloid depictions of the IRA from the 1916 Easter Rising to the peace process of the 1990s"--Provided by publisher.

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