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- A Selected Reading List
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Page Compiled: Martin Melaugh, Brendan Lynn, (and Fionnuala McKenna, 1996-2000)
This section contains a DRAFT list of some of the most relevant works on the subject of the Hunger Strikes of 1981. The reader should also consult the CAIN bibliography for other references to this event.
Key Texts
Beresford, David. (1987). Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike. London: Grafton. ... [2114] - [Book]
Campbell, Brian. McKeown, Laurence. O'Hagan, Felim. (eds) (1994). Nor Meekly Serve My Time: The H-Block Struggle of 1976-1981. Belfast: Beyond the Pale Publications. ... [2371] - [Book]
Collins, Tom. (1986). The Irish Hunger Strike. Dublin and Belfast: White Island Book Co.. ... [2418] - [Book]
Faul, Denis., and Murray, Raymond. (1981). Hunger Strikes: the Search for Solutions. Armagh: The Authors. ... [2856] - [Ephemera Pamphlet]
Feehan, John M. (1983). Bobby Sands and the Tragedy of Northern Ireland. Cork; Dublin: Mercier Press. ... [2407] - [Book]
Hennessey, Tom. (2013). Margaret Thatcher’s Battle with the IRA, 1980-1981.. Dublin: Irish Academic Press.. ... [27490] - [Book]
Kelly, S. (2021). 'Chapter 5: Thatcher, The Second Republican Hunger-Strike and Anglo-Irish Relations, 1981', in Kelly, S. (2021), Margaret Thatcher, the Conservative Party and the Northern Ireland Conflict, 1975-1990. London: Bloomsbury.. ... [27491] - [Chapter in Book]
Moore, C. (2013). 'Hunger in Ireland - The Lady Behind the Veil', in Moore, C. (2013), Margaret Thatcher, The Authorised Biography, Volume 1: Not for Turning. London.: Allen Lane. ... [27492] - [Chapter in Book]
Morrison, Danny. (ed.) (2006). Hunger Strike: Reflections on the 1981 Hunger Strike. Cork: Brandon Books. ... [11191] - [Book]
O'Malley, Padraig. (1990). Biting at the Grave: the Irish Hunger Strikes and the Politics of Despair. Belfast: Blackstaff. ... [1490] - [Book]
O'Rawe, Richard. (2010). Afterlives: The Hunger Strike and the Secret Offer that Changed Irish history. Dublin: Lilliput Press Ltd.. ... [27493] - [Book]
O'Rawe, Richard. (2016). Blanketmen: An Untold Story of the H-block Hunger Strike, [2nd edition]. Dublin: New Island.. ... [27494] - [Book]
Ross, F. Stuart. (2011). Smashing H-Block: The Popular Campaign against Criminalization and the Irish Hunger Strikes 1976-1982. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ... [17512] - [Book]
General Reference Texts
Bardon, Jonathan. (1992) A History of Ulster. Belfast: Blackstaff Press.
Bew, Paul., and Gillespie, Gordon. (1999) Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles 1968-1999. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Coogan, Tim Pat. (1995) The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1996 and the Search for Peace. London: Hutchinson.
Elliott, Sydney., and Flakes, W.D. (1999) Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-1999 Belfast: Blackstaff Press.
McKittrick, David. (2000) Making Sense of the Troubles. Belfast: Blackstaff Press.
McKittrick, David., Kelters, Seamus., Feeney, Brian., and Thornton, Chris. (1999) Lost Lives: The stories of the men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing.
Sutton, Malcolm. (1994) An Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland 1969-1993. Belfast: Beyond the Pale. [See also the revised and updated Sutton Index of Deaths.]
See also the list of source
material for this section.
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