Chronicles of an ill-fated pilgrimage: Irish Political Prisoners’ quest for a desolate shrine
Routledge publishes a magisterial piece of research on political imprisonment in Ireland and unveils the key role political prisoners played in shaping the modern Irish state.The second part of a trilogy, Seán McConville’s long-awaited Irish Political Prisoners, 1920-1962 (Routledge, 21st November 2013) simply cannot pass unnoticed. Based on years of research, and drawing on a vast range of archival material as well as a number of interviews with survivors, the book unveils the complex and intricate history of the Irish political prisoners from the formation of the Northern Ireland