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This page contains a draft list of source material on the Brooke / Mayhew Talks (April 1991 to November 1992). The reader should also consult the CAIN bibliography for other references to this event.

Brooke / Mayhew Talks (April 1991 to November 1992) - Details of Source Material

See also: Sean Farren Papers - Brook / Mayhew Talks

Books

Arthur, Paul. (2000), Special Relationships : Britain, Ireland and the Northern Ireland Problem. Belfast: Blackstaff Press.
Aughey, Arthur. (1989), Under Siege: Ulster Unionism and the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Belfast: Blackstaff Press.
Aughey, Arthur. (1991), 'Contemporary Unionist Politics', in Roche, Patrick., and Barton, Brian. (eds.) (1991), The Northern Ireland Question: Myth and Reality. Aldershot: Avebury.
Aughey, Arthur., and Morrow, Duncan. (eds.) (1996), Northern Ireland Politics. Harlow: Longman.
Bew, Paul., Gibbon, Peter., and Patterson, Henry. (2002), Northern Ireland 1921-2001: Political Forces and Social Classes. London: Serif.
Bew, Paul., Patterson, Henry., and Teague, Paul. (1997), Northern Ireland: Between War and Peace: The Political Future of Northern Ireland. London: Lawrence & Wishart.
Bloomfield, David. (1998), Political Dialogue in Northern Ireland: The Brooke Initiative, 1989-92. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Bloomfield, David. (2001), Developing Dialogue in Northern Ireland: The Mayhew Talks, 1992. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Bloomfield, Ken. (1994), Stormont in Crisis, A Memoir. Belfast: Blackstaff Press.
Bruce, Steve. (1994), The Edge of the Union: The Ulster Loyalist Political Vision. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Catterall, Peter., and McDougall, Sean. (1996), The Northern Ireland Question in British Politics, Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Cochrane, Feargal. (2001), Unionist politics and the Politics of Unionism Since the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Cork: Cork University Press.
Cunningham, Michael J. (1991), British Government Policy in Northern Ireland 1969-89: Its Nature and Execution. Manchester: Manchester University Press
Cunningham, Michael J. (2001), British Government Policy in Northern Ireland, Manchester: Manchester
Hadden, Tom., and Boyle, Kevin. (1989) The Anglo-Irish Agreement: Commentary, Text and Official Review. London: Sweet & Maxwell.
Harvey Cox, W. (1996), 'From Hillsborough to Downing Street - After', in Catterall, Peter., and McDougall, Sean (1996), The Northern Ireland Question in British Politics, Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Hennessey, Thomas. (1997), A History of Northern Ireland 1920-1996. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.
Hennessey, Thomas. (2000), The Northern Ireland Peace Process: Ending the Troubles?. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.
McDonald, Henry. (2001), Trimble. London: Bloomsbury.
Mallie, Eamon., and McKittrick, David. (1996), The Fight for Peace: The Secret Story Behind the Irish Peace Process. London: Heinemann.
Major, John. (2000), John Major: The Autobiography. London: HarperCollins.
Murray, Gerard.(1998), John Hume and the SDLP: Impact and Survival in Northern Ireland. Dublin: Irish Academic Press.
O'Leary, Brendan., and McGarry, John. (1992), The Politics of Antagonism: Understanding Northern Ireland. London: Athlone Press.
Purdy, Ann. (1989), Molyneaux: The Long View. Antrim: Greystone.
Roche, Patrick., and Barton, Brian. (eds.) (1991), The Northern Ireland Question: Myth and Reality. Aldershot: Avebury.
Tonge, Jon. (2002), Northern Ireland: Conflict and Change. Harlow: Longman.
Unionist Task Force. (1987), An End to Drift: The Task Force Report. Belfast: Unionist Task Force.

Journal Articles

Arthur, Paul. (1992), 'The Brooke Initiative', Irish Political Studies, Vol. 7, pp.111-115.
Arthur, Paul. (1992), 'The Mayhew Talks', Irish Political Studies, Vol. 8, pp.138-143.
Arthur, Paul. (1990), 'Negotiating the Northern Ireland Problem: Track One or Track Two Diplomacy?', Government and Politics, Vol. 25, Autumn 1990, pp.403-418.
Arthur, Paul. (1991), 'Letter from Ireland', Government and Opposition, Vol. 26, Autumn 1991, pp.449-465.
Cochrane, Feargal. (1990), 'Progressive or Regressive? The Anglo-Irish Agreement as a Dynamic in the Northern Ireland Polity', Irish Political Studies, Volume 8, pp.1-20.
Harvey Cox, W. (1993), 'The Northern Ireland Talks', Politics Review, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp.28-32.
O'Leary, Brendan. (1992), 'Public Opinion and Northern Irish Futures', Political Quarterly, Vol. 63, April-June 1992, pp.143-70.

Fortnight Magazine
O'Connor, Fionnula. (1990), It's Back to Moving Statues', Fortnight, No.281, February 1990, p.6
Atkins, Ralph. (1990), 'Yes, Well, Now We're Deeply Disappointed', Fortnight, No.283, April 1990, p.11.
Wilson, Robin. (1990), 'What Happens When the Talking has to Start', Fortnight, No.285, June 1990, p.5.
O'Connor, Fionnuala. (1990), 'Now We're Talking', Fortnight, No.285, June 1990, p.6.
Millar, Frank. (1990), 'The Perils of False Modesty', Fortnight, No.286, July/August 1990, p.10.
McDonagh, Enda. (1990), 'Rocks Strew Road to Dublin', Fortnight, No.286, July/August 1990, p.11-12.
Kenny, Anthony. (1990), 'Easing out the Shoehorn', Fortnight, No.286, July/August 1990, p.11.
Wilson, Robin. (1990), 'Ulster Says No to Either/Or-ism', Fortnight, No.286, July/August 1990, p.5.
MacNee, Calvin. (1990), 'No Sign that the Talking Has to Stop', Fortnight, No.286, July/August 1990, p.5.
Wilson, Robin. (1990), 'The Covers Go Back on the Wicket', Fortnight, No.287, September 1990, p.5.
MacNee, Calvin. (1990), 'An Open Letter to Peter Brooke', Fortnight, No.287, September 1990, p.4.
n.a. (1990), 'Prospects Dim for Brooke as the War Goes Back to Basics', Fortnight, No.287,September 1990, p. 10-13.
Hadden, Tom. (1990), 'A New-found Solution', Fortnight, No.289, November 1990, p.6.
Carroll, Joe. (1991), 'Only the Start', Fortnight, No.291, January 1991, p.8.
O'Connor, Fionnuala. (1991), 'Dim Days for Devolutionists', Fortnight, No.293, March 1991, p.10-11.
Hadden, Tom. (1991), 'Now for the new Northern Ireland', Fortnight, No.295, May 1991, p.5.
Alderdice, John. (1991), 'Up Hill and Down (Sunningdale), Fortnight, No.295, May 1991, p.10-13.
Campbell, Sheena. (1991), 'Up Hill and Down (Sunningdale), Fortnight, No.295, May 1991, p.10-13.
Farren, Sean. (1991), 'Up Hill and Down (Sunningdale), No.295, May 1991, p.10-13.
McGimpsey, Chris. (1991), 'Up Hill and Down (Sunningdale), Fortnight, No.295, May 1991, p.10-13.
Wilson, Robin. (1991), 'We'll Get There Despite Them', Fortnight, No.295, May 1991, p.5.
Wilson, Robin. (1991), 'No More of That', Fortnight, No.296, June 1991, p.5.
Guelke, Adrian. (1991), 'Behaving like Laager Louts', Fortnight, No.296, June1991, p.10-11.
Wilson, Robin. (1991), 'The World Looks on in Disbelief', Fortnight, No.297, July/August 1991, p.5.
O'Leary, Brendan. (1991), 'Unionists Must Give, Much More Than an Inch', Fortnight, No.297, July/August 1991, p.10.
O'Connor, Fionnuala. (1991), 'Okay, Let's All Laugh at Jim and Ian', Fortnight, No.297, July/August 1991, p.13.
Lee, Simon. and Wilson, Robin. (1991), 'Talking a Different Language', Fortnight, No.298, September 1991, p.5.
Moore, Jonathan. (1992),'Great Dollops of Unaction', Fortnight, No.303, February 1992, p.5.
O'Connor, Fionnuala.(1992), 'They Talked, They Did'nt, 'They Talked, They Did'nt', Fortnight, No.303, February 1992, p.18-19.
Ford, Richard. (1992), 'Sir Patrick has his Day', Fortnight, No.305, May 1992, p.11.
Brennock, Mark. (1992), 'Going Through Slow Motions', Fortnight, No.309, September 1992, p.6.
Wilson, Robin. (1992), 'Shaping a Settlement', Fortnight, No.310, October 1992, p.5.
O'Connor, Fionnuala. (1992), 'Time for Ice Cream', Fortnight, No.311, November 1992, p.7.

Other Items

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. (1992), Alliance and the Brooke Talks, 1992, Belfast: Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.
Atkins, Ralph., and Cooke, Kieran. (1991), 'A break in the Irish mist', The Financial Times, 26 April 1991, p.22.
Burns, Jimmy. (1990), 'Conciliation tones down the "No Surrender" war cry', The Financial Times, 23 October 1990, p.10.
Coughlan, Anthony. (1991), The Brooke Talks, Articles 2 and 3, and what Dublin and the SDLP should stand, Dublin: [the author].
Hearst, David. (1990), 'Brooke's chance to end Ulster deadlock', The Guardian, 15 July 1990, p.4.
Holland, Mary. (1991), 'An offer Ireland's leaders can't refuse', The Observer, 31 March 1991, p.20.
Inglis, Brian. (1991), 'Six counties in a free state? The Guardian, 29 April 1991, p.19. Malcolm, Noel. (1990), 'Mr. Brooke: too clever by half, but not quite clever enough', The Spectator, 20 January 1990, p.6.
McKittrick, David. (1991), 'Will Unionists be moved?' The Independent, 26 April 1991.
Millar, Frank. (1992), 'There is talk of real hope', The Independent, 6 July 1992, p.21.
O'Brien, Conor Cruise. (1991), 'Up Ireland's blind alley', The Times, 30 April 1991, p.14.
O'Brien, Conor Cruise. (1991), 'Untying the Gordian knot', The Times, 7 June 1991, p.18.
Selbourne, David. (1991), 'Among the accused', The Sunday Times, 5 May 1991, p.9.
Sinn Féin. (1991), The Brooke Talks - A Sinn Féin Response, Belfast: Sinn Féin.
Sinn Féin (1994), Setting the Record Straight: A Record of Communications Between Sinn Féin and the British Government, October 1990 - November 1993. Belfast: Sinn Féin.
Woollacott, Martin. (1991), 'Afloat in a sea of troubles', The Guardian, 17 June 1991, p.21.


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