Irish Freedom

A History of Nationalism in Ireland

Richard English

A vivid and authoritative history of Irish nationalism from the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of Armed Struggle.

First published:: 2006
Published by:: Macmillan
Length:: Hardcover 625 pages

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About the author

Richard English was born in 1963 in Belfast, where he is Professor of Politics at Queen’s University. His last book - Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA - won the Politics Book of the Year Award for 2003 from the Political Studies Association. He is a frequent media commentator on Irish politics, and has written on Ireland for the Irish Times, the Times Literary Supplement, Newsweek, the Financial Times and the Times Higher Education Supplement.