The Northern Ireland Peace Process
This work traces the genesis, evolution and completion of the peace process in
Northern Ireland, from 1920 to the present. The author, from his position as a
special adviser to the Unionist Party, also provides an account of events that
led to the Good Friday peace accord.
'The Northern Ireland Peace Process' traces the genesis and evolution of the
Irish Peace Process. It is the first book that has had access to all the
relevant documentation, much of it not yet in the public domain. Thomas Hennessy
argues that the Peace Process was the merging of two quite separate streams.
First, there were inter-party talks which involved the British and Irish
governments and the constitutional parties in Northern Ireland. Second, there
was the internationalist dialogue, initiated by John Hume, which gradually moved
republicans away from violence towards the political arena. The Belfast
agreement was a junction of these two processes, attempting a compromise between
the centre of unionist and national politics.
'The Northern Peace Process' begins with a short survey of the period from 1920
to 1986. Part two looks at the years following the Anglo-Irish Agreement of
1985, when unionists were in turmoil. Parts three and four deal with the endgame
from 1990 to 2000, including political developments since the Belfast Agreement.
Author Biography
Dr Thomas Hennessey is Lecturer in History at Canterbury Christ Church
University College in Kent. He is the author of 'A History of Northern Ireland
1920 - 1996' and 'Dividing Ireland: World War One and Partition'.
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