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<p>This article examines attitudes across Irish republicanism and nationalism to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA). The research draws on qualitative interviews conducted between 2009–2018, throughout the nationalist and republican spectrum, charting evolving attitudes across this green base. Interviewees include GFA negotiators, including the SDLP, a key architect of the Agreement, and Sinn Féin, the party that went on to claim ownership of the GFA. Interviews were also conducted with dissident Irish republicans who have never accepted the GFA. This article puts a particular focus on nationalist and republican attitudes to armed actions in pursuit of Irish unity. Further, it examines attitudes across the Irish republican/nationalist spectrum to a potential border-poll, resulting from the central principle of the GFA (consent); and analyses positions on the required 50 % plus one for Irish unity.</p>
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This article examines attitudes across Irish republicanism and nationalism to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA). The research draws on qualitative interviews conducted between 2009–2018, throughout the nationalist and republican spectrum, charting evolving attitudes across this green base. Interviewees include GFA negotiators, including the SDLP, a key architect of the Agreement, and Sinn Féin, the party that went on to claim ownership of the GFA. Interviews were also conducted with dissident Irish republicans who have never accepted the GFA. This article puts a particular focus on nationalist and republican attitudes to armed actions in pursuit of Irish unity. Further, it examines attitudes across the Irish republican/nationalist spectrum to a potential border-poll, resulting from the central principle of the GFA (consent); and analyses positions on the required 50 % plus one for Irish unity.

Irish Nationalist and Republican Attitudes to the Good Friday Agreement: Sell-Out or Steppingstone?

Treatises and Documents, Journal of Ethnic Studies / Razprave in Gradivo, Revija za narodnostna vprašanja

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This article examines attitudes across Irish republicanism and nationalism to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA). The research draws on qualitative...

Irish Nationalist and Republican Attitudes to the Good Friday Agreement: Sell-Out or Steppingstone?

Published Online: Jun 30, 2023

Page range: 79 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tdjes-2023-0006

Keywords
Irish republicanism, IRA, Irish nationalism, Sinn Féin, SDLP, dissident republican

© 2023 Marisa McGlinchey, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Irish Nationalist and Republican Attitudes to the Good Friday Agreement: Sell-Out or Steppingstone?

Published Online: Jun 30, 2023

Page range: 79 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tdjes-2023-0006

KeywordsIrish republicanism, IRA, Irish nationalism, Sinn Féin, SDLP, dissident republican

© 2023 Marisa McGlinchey, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Irish republicanism, IRA, Irish nationalism, Sinn Féin, SDLP, dissident republican