Death in Derry

Martin McGuinness and the Derry IRA’s War Against the British

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When civil rights protests in the 1960s gave way to armed struggle, the Provisional IRA in Derry–both city and county–led the fight against the British security forces. In the city Martin McGuinness–a young butcher’s assistant from the Bogside–quickly rose through the ranks, launching a bombing campaign that reduced the city centre to rubble. In tandem, the IRA’s active service units fought the British Army in the streets and alleys of the Bogside, Creggan, Shantallow and the Waterside.

Out in the townlands, a new generation from the county’s traditional republican families waged an equally ruthless war against their neighbours in the RUC and UDR. The Derry Brigade’s success would help propel McGuinness to the very top of the IRA’s Army Council.

By the early 1980s, the Derry Brigade appeared untouchable. However, in reality, Special Branch and British Intelligence had infiltrated it from top to bottom and almost destroyed the brigade. By the mid-1990s its war was all but over, its ranks decimated by death and incarceration. This is the story of that war told by those from all sides who survived it.

Jonathan TriggAlan TurkingtonW. F. Howes Ltd

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I have listened to many audiobooks on the Irish troubles and this book is certainly one of the best. It has a wide breadth of information from many of the IRA participants with surprisingly detailed background. Likewise there is substantial information from the British side and in particular how intel penetrated the IRA to an extremely senior level. I particularly liked the narrator's soft Irish accent reminiscent of Eammon Andrews, for older listeners! Finally the sting in the tail is the author's speculation on whether Martin McGuinness was turned by British Intelligence. I won't spoil the ending by revealing his view!