Ulster''s Lost Counties - Loyalism and Paramilitarism Since 1920

In 1920, the three Ulster counties of Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan were excluded from Northern Ireland. This book examines the enduring loyalism within protestant communities in the "lost counties". It traces the role of intergenerational memories of violent displacement in militant loyalist politics and paramilitarism during the recent Troubles.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Revolver in Hand, Lining the Ditches - Holding Fast and Fighting Back in Loyalist Monaghan; 3. Closing the Gates - Loyalist Paramilitaries and Resistance in Donegal; 4. A Toothless Hound of Ulster? Paramilitarism in Cavan; 5. The Last Ditch - Three-County Loyalist Militancy in Northern Ireland; 6. Chapter 6: A Suspect Population - Intergenerational Memory and Vengeance; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography.

About the author

Edward Burke is Assistant Professor in the History of War at University College Dublin. His previous publications include An Army of Tribes: British Army Cohesion, Deviancy and Murder in Northern Ireland (2018).

Product details

• Authors: Edward (University College Dublin) Burke, Burke Edward
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009469296
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0946929-6
• No. of pages: 356
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, Ulster, Colonialism and imperialism