Volume 16, Number 6 · April 8, 1971

Irish Troubles: The Boys in the Back Room

By Conor Cruise O'Brien

During 1970, the political system of the Republic of Ireland was shaken to its foundations by the effects of the crisis in Northern Ireland, which had reached a climax in the revolt of August, 1969, in Bogside, Derry, the second city of Northern Ireland.



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