Matt Treacy
Matt Treacy is an Irish historian and writer. Treacy was a member of the Provisional IRA, and spent four years in Portlaoise Prison before being released under the Good Friday Agreement.[1] He worked with a number of Sinn Féin politicians as an advisor and speechwriter, including Martin Ferris TD.[2] Treacy studied and completed a PhD in Trinity College Dublin.[3] Treacy has written histories of the IRA and the Communist Party of Ireland. Treacy contributed a column to An Phoblacht, reporting on Gaelic football and hurling, and works as a freelance journalist.
Publications
[edit]- The Communist Party of Ireland 1921 - 2011, by Matt Treacy, Brocaire Books, 2012.[4]
- A Tunnel to the Moon: The End of the Irish Republican Army, by Matt Treacy, Lulu Publishing, 2011.
- The IRA 1956–69: Rethinking the Republic, by Matt Treacy, Manchester University Press, 2013.[5][6][7]
- A Year of the Dubs, by Matt Treacy, Lulu Publishing, 2013.
- Houses of Pain, by Matt Treacy, MTP Publishing, 2020.
References
[edit]- ^ Matt Treacy RFÉ 16 June 2018 Radio Free Eireann
- ^ Aide 'active in IRA while he worked in Dail for Sinn Féin' by Maeve Sheehan, Irish Independent, May 21, 2017.
- ^ Sorting through what was left of the new republic by Deaglan De Breadun, Culture, Irish Times, February 9, 2013.
- ^ Muldowney, Mary (2013). "Reviewed Work: The Communist Party of Ireland 1921-2011: Vol 1: 1921-1969 by Matt Treacy". Saothar. 38: 153–155. JSTOR 24897912.
- ^ Reviews: The IRA 1956-69 Rethinking the Republic by Eoin Ó Broin, History Ireland, Issue 5, Sept/Oct 2011.
- ^ Leach, Daniel (2012). "Matt Treacy. The IRA, 1956–69: Rethinking the Republic". The American Historical Review. 117 (4): 1302–1303. doi:10.1093/ahr/117.4.1302.
- ^ Mulholland, Marc (2011). "The IRA, 1956–69: Rethinking the Republic. By Matt Treacy. Pp viii, 211. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 2011. £60". Irish Historical Studies. 37 (148): 660–661. doi:10.1017/S0021121400003539. S2CID 164917144.