“Mr Haughey’s silence condemns him”: Charles J. Haughey and the second Republican hunger strike, 1981

Kelly, Stephen (2017) “Mr Haughey’s silence condemns him”: Charles J. Haughey and the second Republican hunger strike, 1981. Irish Political Studies, 32 (3). pp. 454-478. ISSN 0790-7184

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Abstract

This article examines Charles J. Haughey’s involvement with the second Republican hunger strike, which lasted from March to October 1981. For the first time it reveals the true extent of how Haughey, Fianna Fáil leader and taoiseach during the depths of this crisis, was forced to play a marginal role, banished to the political side-lines. His repeated attempts to act as a mediator between British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and the Republican movement, in an effort to bring the hunger strike to an amicable conclusion, was an abject failure.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information and Comments:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Irish Political Studies on 28/01/2016 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07907184.2015.1128899
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Creative Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities
Depositing User:	Stephen Kelly
Date Deposited:	13 Apr 2016 15:09
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2024 10:48
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/1203

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