The Bleeding Hills – References
Jan 23rd, 2010 | By Wilfried F. Voss | Category: The Bleeding HillsBooks:
A History of Ireland
by Mike Cronin
Highly recommended! I like that it’s, compared to many other works on Ireland, actually readable and entertaining. If you need a relatively quick overview on the history of Ireland (the tile of the book doesn’t lie!) this is the one I recommend.
The Operators
by James Rennie
To put it in a nut-shell: I hope the author didn’t quit his day job over writing this book. What caught my attention was the sub-title “On the streets with Britain’s most secret service”. Little did I know how immature the writer deals with a serious topic like the Irish Troubles. The book starts with “Standby, standby. Zero, Oscar. I have Bravo 1 foxtrot from Alpha 2 towards Charlie 2″ and it doesn’t get much better from there. Reading this book was a huge waste of my time.
The Irish War
by Tony Geraghty
Here we go again: Another book with misleading title and misleading sub-title, “The hidden conflict between the IRA and British Intelligence”. I have to admit, I found some valuable information here, but I also could not muster to read the book to the end. I am an advocate for intriguing literature, even when it comes to serious issues like the Irish War. However, the writing style is mind-numbingly boring and there is absolutely no visible structure in the book. The author jumps from topic to topic without any visible connection. Until this day I have no clue what drove Mr. Garaghty to write this book.
Secret Hero: The life and mysterious death of Captain Robert Nairac
by John Parker
Yet another really bad book. The life and death of Captain Robert Nairac is one of the most compelling stories related to the Irish troubles, regardless of which side you’re on. That being said, it is a pity, that the author fails to live up to the vast potential of this particular topic, especially considering that he tried to glorify the memory of Captain Nairac – as the title implies.
The Ultras
by Eoin McNamee
This is a novel that is supposed to depict the life of Captain Robet Nairac. I made it to page 8 and gave up. Enough said.
Sorry, I hate to be that negative, but I really do enjoy reading a good book. It seems to me now that there aren’t too many good ones out there, and if they are, they are hard to find. After buying and reading too many bad books on the Irish War I gave up and concentrated on Online resources as listed below.
Online Resources:
14 Company
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday Inquiry
British Army Satellite Equipment
| http://defense-update.com/news/ofeq5.htm |
| http://www.armedforces.co.uk/army/listings/l0103.html |
| http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/equipment/3519.aspx |
Government of Ireland Act 1920
Inverness County
IRA Actions in 1970s
Irish History
MI5 & MI6
Misc.
| http://www.answers.com/topic/royal-ulster-constabulary |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_IRA |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Showband_killings |
Port of Belfast
| http://www.belfast-harbour.co.uk/about-us.htm |
| http://www.answers.com/topic/belfast-harbour-police |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Belfast |
Real IRA
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_IRA |
| http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/nira.htm |
| http://irelandsown.net/RIRA.html |
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1471373.stm |
Robert Bunting
Robert Nairac
SAS
| http://www.fantompowa.net/Flame/dirty_war_in_ireland.htm |
| http://www.sasspecialairservice.com/sas-northern-ireland-ira.html |
Sean Mac Stiofain
Shannon Airport
| http://www.shannonairport.com/index.html |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Airport |
| http://www.myguideireland.com/shannon-airport |
St. Patrick Cemetary
| http://www.interment.net/data/nire/derry/stpat/stpat1.htm |
| http://www.libraryireland.com/Lewis/LewisD/46-DRAPERSTOWN.php |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draperstown |
