The IRA on film and television
Subtitle: a history
By: Mark Connelly
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786447367
Subjects: In motion pictures; On television; Irish Republican Army; Irish Question in motion pictures; Irish Question on television
Other titles: Irish Republican Army on film and television
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Troubles I: the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War; title: The big fellow: Michael Collins; title: The shamrock and the swastika; title: The Troubles II; title: The classics: the informer and odd man out; title: American angles; title: International intrigue; title: The gangster film: criminalizing the IRA; title: Themes and characters; title: Post troubles?; title: Conclusion.