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The The IRA on Film and Television: A History
Author(s): Mark Connelly (Author)
- Publisher: McFarland & Co
- Publication Date: 15 May 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 275 pages
- ISBN-10: 0786447362
- ISBN-13: 9780786447367
Book Description
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in North Ireland. Over the years, the IRA has been dramatized in motion pictures directed by John Ford (The Informer), Carol Reed (Odd Man Out), David Lean (Ryan’s Daughter), Neil Jordan (Michael Collins), and many others. Such international film stars as Liam Neeson, James Cagney, Richard Gere and Anthony Hopkins have portrayed IRA members as heroic patriots, psychotic terrorists and tormented rebels. This illustrated history analyzes celluloid depictions of the IRA from the 1916 Easter Rising to the peace process of the 1990s. Topics include America’s role in creating both the IRA and its cinematic image, the organization’s brief association with the Nazis, and critical reception of IRA films in Ireland, Britain and the United States.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This interesting volume on political cinema examines depictions of the Irish Republican Army in film and television”―Reference & Research Book News.
About the Author
Mark Connelly is an English instructor at Milwaukee Area Technical College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
