Seamus Mallon by Seamus Mallon

Seamus Mallon by Seamus Mallon

This timely memoir by one of the most prominent Catholic nationalist politicians in Northern Ireland is a primary source for the social and political history of the province, from the onset of the Troubles in the 1960s to the 1990s peace process and beyond.

What is striking about this memoir is his ability to weave a remarkable eloquence around the unvarnished details of devastation that led to such funerals-- Diarmaid Ferriter * The Irish Times *
Mallon makes a compelling case for what the future of peace in Ireland might look like. -- Peter McGoran * Hot Press *
This deeply humane memoir from one of the most prominent Northern politicians reflects on the Troubles and beyond. * The Independent *

Seamus Mallon, from Markethill in County Armagh, was Deputy Leader of the SDLP from 1979 to 2001 and party spokesman on policing and justice. He was Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2001, MP for Newry and Armagh from 1986 to 2005, and a member of Seanad Éireann in 1982. He was the SDLP’s chief negotiator in the talks that led to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. He also framed legislation in the Westminster parliament that pushed for full implementation of the Patten Commission's recommendations on police reform in the North – one of the major success stories of the peace process.

Andy Pollak is the founding director of the Centre for Cross Border Studies in Armagh (1999–2013). Previous to that, he was Belfast reporter, religious affairs and education correspondent with The Irish Times and editor of Fortnight Magazine. He is co-author (with Ed Moloney) of a biography of the Rev. Ian Paisley. In the early 1990s he was coordinator of the Opsahl Commission, a Citizens Inquiry into the ways forward for Northern Ireland, and edited the influential 1993 Opsahl Report that resulted.

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ISBN 13	9781843517634
ISBN 10	1843517639
Title	Seamus Mallon
Author	Seamus Mallon
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The Lilliput Press Ltd
Year published	2019-05-17
Number of pages	272
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