Contains hundreds of images documenting the struggle for Irish Freedom. 254 Pages
Soft Back Book
Large Format
Approx 9 inches by 10.5 inches

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Edited by Dublin republican Mícheál MacDonncha, the book tells the story of the Sinn Féin century in the words of Republicans themselves over the ten decades since the organisation was established.

Lavishly illustrated with an introduction by Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams.

The book traces the political history of Ireland from 1905 to 2005. It moves from the founding of Sinn Féin to the 1916 Easter Rising, the Black and Tan War, the Partition of Ireland and the Civil War. It speaks with the voice of Republicans in the subsequent years of what James Connolly rightly predicted would be the ‘Carnival of Reaction’ North and South. It gives an insight in the Border Campaign of the 1950s.

It records the struggle of Republicans through the Civil Rights Movement, the collapse of Unionist one-party rule, internment, Bloody Sunday and the long and tragic war. It reflects popular resistance to British rule, the heroism of prisoners, culminating in the hunger strikes, and the emergence of Sinn Féin as a strong all-Ireland political party - despite all the efforts of its opponents. Finally it brings us to the peace process and looks forward to the Ireland of Equals now being built by Sinn Féin.

From the Introduction by Gerry Adams:

“…we remember especially all those republicans who lived, worked and died for freedom. We remember them – we remember them with great pride and love.

Their absence reminds us of how much we have lost in this struggle. Each one was a unique, irreplaceable human being. These were ordinary men and women who in extraordinary and difficult circumstances found their inner strength, determination and courage to stand against injustice and oppression, to demand the rights and entitlements of the Irish people.

Our task – our duty – is to make their vision their dream a reality.”

Contents:
* The Early Years 1905 – 1909
* Birth of the Republic 1910 -1918
* A Nation at war 1919 – 1922
* Carnival of Reaction 1923 – 1948
* Resurgence 1949 – 1962
* Civil and national rights 1962 – 1970
* The risen people 1971 – 1975
* The long war 1976 – 1991
* Building peace and freedom 1992 – 2005
* Sinn Féin Roll of Honour