One of the major sources for this book cannot easily be catalogued: my own experience of living through the period described. As this resource, if resource it is, has been drawn upon copiously, I am tempted to invoke Virgil in seeking the reader’s indulgence: Experto credite (Trust one who has gone through it!). More importantly, I should point out that where matters of fact are concerned I have sometimes had to make use of conversations with friends and contacts whose positions do not permit of attribution. I am deeply indebted to such people for sharing their insights with me about matters which were always delicate, and sometimes dangerous, and I ask the reader’s indulgence for not lifting the veil of secrecy any further. The reading list which I relied upon for my other books (detailed below) may be found in their bibliographies; the selection I made for this work is as follows:
CHRONOLOGIES
Annual Register, Longmans, Harlow.
Keesing’s Contemporary Archives, Keesings, London.
Paul Bew and Gordon Gillespie, Northern Ireland: a Chronology of the Troubles, Gill and Macmillan, 1993.
Richard Deutsch and Vivien Magowan, Northern Ireland: a Chronology of Events, Vols. 1–3 (1968–75), Blackstaff.
W. D. Flackes and Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: a Political Directory, 1968–1993, Blackstaff, 1994.
NEWSPAPERS AND PAMPHLETS
An Phoblacht/Republican News, Belfast Telegraph, Economist, Fortnight, Guardian, Independent, Irish Independent, Irish News, Irish Press, Irish Times, News Letter, Observer, Sunday Press, Sunday Tribune, Sunday Independent, Sunday Times, New Statesman, Spectator.
Denis Faul and Raymond Murray, series of pamphlets: ‘British Army & Special Branch RUC Brutalities’, 1972; ‘The Hooded Men’, 1974; ‘The Triangle of Death’, 1975; ‘The Castlereagh File’, 1975; ‘SAS Terrorism, The Assassin’s Glove’, 1976; ‘H-Blocks’, 1979; ‘Hunger Strike’, 1980.
The Directory of Discrimination in Northern Ireland, 1991; The Road from ’68, both Oliver Kearney, Equality, Belfast, 1993.
‘Strategy for Peace’, Martin McGuinness address to Sinn Fein Ard Fheis, and Gerry Adams, Presidential Address, both 1991; ‘Towards a Lasting Peace’, 1992; The Sinn Fein/SDLP Talks’, 1988, and ‘The Hume–Adams talks’, 1994; ‘Setting the Record Straight’, account of secret Sinn Fein–British Government dialogue, 1994; ‘Reports and Resolutions of Sinn Fein Ard Fheiseanna, 1994–5; Report of Sinn Fein Peace Commission, 1994. All published by Sinn Fein, Parnell Square, Dublin, and Falls Road, Belfast.
REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
Amnesty International, UK: Killings by Security Forces in Northern Ireland (updated), London, 1990.
Cameron Report into Disturbances in Northern Ireland, Cmnd 532, HMSO, Belfast, 1969.
Hunt Report on Police in Northern Ireland, Cmnd 535, HMSO, Belfast, 1969.
Macrory Report on Local Government in Northern Ireland, Cmnd 546, HMSO, Belfast, 1970.
Report on Reform Programme; A Record of Constructive Change, Cmnd 558, HMSO, Belfast, 1971.
Scarman Report on Northern Violence in 1969, Cmnd 566, HMSO, Belfast, 1971.
Compton Report into Security Force behaviour in August 1971, Cmnd 4823, HMSO, London, 1971.
Parker Report into interrogation procedures of suspected terrorists, Cmnd 4901, HMSO, London, 1972.
Diplock Report of Commission on new legal procedures to deal with suspected terrorists, Cmnd 5185 HMSO, London, 1972.
Widgery Report into Bloody Sunday, January 30th, 1972, HC 220 1971–72. HMSO, London, 1972.
Anglo-Irish Law Enforcement Commission Report, Cmnd 5627, HMSO, London, 1974.
Gardiner Report on Counter-Insurgency Methods (recommended H-Blocks), Cmnd 5847, HMSO, London, 1975.
Bennett Report on RUC Interrogation Methods, Cmnd 7497, HMSO, London, 1979.
European Parliament Report on Discrimination in Northern Ireland, issued by Committee on Social Affairs, Employment and the Working Environment, 18/3/94 (English edition).
Opsahl Report, A Citizens’ Inquiry on Northern Ireland, Lilliput, Dublin, 1993.
GOVERNMENTAL BLUEPRINTS FOR SIX COUNTIES
The Future of Northern Ireland, HMSO, London, 1972.
Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals, HMSO, London, 1973.
The Northern Ireland Constitution, Cmnd 5675, HMSO, London, 1974.
Report of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, HMSO, London, 1974.
Government of Northern Ireland: A Working Paper for a Conference, Cmnd 7763, HMSO, London, 1979.
Government of Northern Ireland, Proposals for Further Discussion, Cmnd 7950, HMSO, London, 1980.
PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS
Dail Debates, Official Reports, Stationery Office, Dublin.
House of Commons Reports, Hansard, HMSO, London.
Stormont Debates (end in 1972), HMSO, Belfast.
Northern Ireland Assembly Debates, Official Report, HMSO, Belfast, 1973–4.
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMUNIQUES
Joint Declaration by An Taoiseach, Mr Albert Reynolds, TD and the British Prime Minister, The Rt Hon. John Major, MP, December 15th 1993, Govt Publications, Dublin.
Clarification for Sinn Fein, on above, by NIO through Taoiseach’s Office, 17/5/94, Govt Publications, Dublin.
A Framework for Accountable Government in Northern Ireland (Framework Document), 22/2/94, Govt Publications, Dublin.
THESIS AND TRANSCRIPT
Thesis: Doctoral Dissertation of Michael A. Murphy submitted to Loyola University, Chicago, January 1992: Gerry Fitt from Republican Socialist to Peer of the Realm.
Transcripts: Interviews with several participants in Six County affairs during era of civil rights et seq conducted by Martin Dillon, 1992.
Fr Egan sermon, August 1969, supplied by Fr Hugh O’Donnell, archivist, Clonard Monastery, Belfast.
Text of Dr Martin Mansergh lecture to Royal Irish Academy 22 May 1995.
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