TY - JOUR
T1 - Pan-nationalism
T2 - Explaining the Irish Government's role in the Northern Ireland peace process, 1992-98
AU - O'Donnell, Catherine
N1 - Funding Information:
Catherine O’Donnell is a Government of Ireland post-doctoral fellow funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Humanities Institute of Ireland, University College, Dublin. Correspondence to: Catherine O’Donnell, Humanities Institute of Ireland, University College, Dublin, Ireland. Email: catherine.odonnell@ucd.ie
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - This article examines the role which the Irish Government and, in particular, Fianna Féil played in the Northern Ireland peace process in the years 1992-98. The article demonstrates that that role did not emanate from the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 but instead was directed by commitments made to a pan-nationalist alliance involving the SDLP and Sinn Féin. The article offers a reassessment of the significance of Anglo-Irish relations to the peace process and argues that favourable Anglo-Irish relations only emerged in late 1997. Thus the article challenges the tendency to concentrate on Anglo-Irish relations, at the expense of pan-nationalism, in explaining the motivations of the Irish government during this period of the peace process.
AB - This article examines the role which the Irish Government and, in particular, Fianna Féil played in the Northern Ireland peace process in the years 1992-98. The article demonstrates that that role did not emanate from the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 but instead was directed by commitments made to a pan-nationalist alliance involving the SDLP and Sinn Féin. The article offers a reassessment of the significance of Anglo-Irish relations to the peace process and argues that favourable Anglo-Irish relations only emerged in late 1997. Thus the article challenges the tendency to concentrate on Anglo-Irish relations, at the expense of pan-nationalism, in explaining the motivations of the Irish government during this period of the peace process.
KW - Anglo-Irish Relations
KW - Fianna Fáil
KW - Irish Government
KW - Northern Ireland Peace Process
KW - Pan-Nationalism
KW - Sinn Féin
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U2 - 10.1080/13619460600785325
DO - 10.1080/13619460600785325
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34248573962
SN - 1361-9462
VL - 21
SP - 223
EP - 245
JO - Contemporary British History
JF - Contemporary British History
IS - 2
ER -