1999 (51 page)

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Authors: Morgan Llywelyn

Notes

Chapter Two

1.
An Phoblacht,
September 1, 2005.

2.
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
, p. 163.

Chapter Four

1.
Bloody Sunday in Derry
, p. 72.

2.
The Fingal Independent,
February 4, 1972.

Chapter Five

1.
Revolutionary Underground
, p. 3.

2.
A Chronology of Irish History
, p. 257.

3.
Orders for the Captain?
, pp. 18–22.

Chapter Six

1.
Daily Ireland,
October 19, 2005.

2.
The Irish Troubles
, p. 251.

Chapter Seven

1.
The Mitrokhin Archive,
p. 501.

Chapter Nine

1.
RTE,
June 24, 2005.

Chapter Ten

1.
Peace in Ireland,
p. 197.

2.
British State Papers released in 2004.

3.
The Skerries News,
July 2005.

4.
An Phoblacht,
September 1, 2005.

Chapter Eleven

1.
A Chronology of Irish History Since
1500, p. 260.

2.
Lost Lives
, p. 356.

Chapter Twelve

1.
Interview with Rosaleen MacThomáis,
February 20, 2006.

Chapter Thirteen

1.
The Troubles,
p. 127.

2.
Hostage
, p. 106.

Chapter Fourteen

1.
British State Papers, released in 2004.

2.
The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings
, p. 13.

3.
British State Papers, numbers 8 and 9, released in 2005.

Chapter Fifteen

1.
The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings
, p. 33.

2.
The Baron Report,
published by the Irish government in December 2003.

3.
Le Monde,
May 20, 1974.

Chapter Sixteen

1.
Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles
, p. 93.

2.
On the Blanket
, p. 158.

Chapter Seventeen

1.
From a personal interview with Rosaleen MacThomáis.

2.
Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles
, p. 92.

3.
From personal letters of Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, released to the public in 2005.

Chapter Eighteen

1.
British State Papers, released in 2005.

2.
Irish State Papers, released in 2005.

3.
Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles
, p. 100.

4.
Out of the Maze
, p. 11.

Chapter Nineteen

1.
An Phoblacht,
July 2004.

2.
The Shankill Butchers,
p. 67.

3.
The Shankill Butchers,
p. 94.

Chapter Twenty

1.
Provos
, p. 200.

2.
Killing Finucane
, p. 43.

Chapter Twenty-one

1.
British State Papers, released in 2006.

2.
Armed Struggle
, p. 312.

3.
Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles
, p. 113.

4.
On the Blanket
, p. 228.

5.
Daily Ireland,
October 28, 2005.

6.
Man of War; Man of Peace
, p. 143.

7.
Excerpts from the writings of Bobby Sands.

8.
Man of War; Man of Peace,
p. 142.

9.
From a government-guided tour of the Maze in 2006.

Chapter Twenty-three

1.
2
RN and the Origins of Irish Radio
, p. 11.

2.
Lost Lives
, p. 696.

Chapter Twenty-four

1.
The Brendan Voyage
, p. 252.

Chapter Twenty-six

1.
Hope Against History
, p. 143.

2.
A Secret History of the IRA
, p. 173.

3.
Hope and History
, p. 8.

4.
Viking Dublin Exposed
, p. 39.

5.
The Irish Times,
September 23, 1978.

6.
An Phoblacht,
September 30, 1978.

Chapter Twenty-seven

1.
The Troubles
, p. 193.

2.
A Secret History of the IRA,
pp. 174–75.

Chapter Twenty-nine

1.
Kevin Barry and His Time
, p. 165.

2.
Before the Dawn
, p. 290.

3.
The Irish Times,
February 14, 1981.

4.
The Irish Troubles
, p. 611.

5.
1916: The Man Who Lost Ireland,
RTE documentary broadcast in April 2006.

Chapter Thirty

1.
An Phoblacht,
May 25, 2006.

2.
Danny Morrison interview broadcast on RTE, May 5, 2006.

3.
Before the Dawn
, pp. 190–91.

4.
Orangeism
, p. 349.

5.
The Irish Hunger Strike
, p. 569.

6.
Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles
, p. 157.

Chapter Thirty-one

1.
An Phoblacht,
September 1, 2005.

2.
Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles
, p. 165.

3.
Phrases Make History Here
, p. 194.

4.
Chronicle of the Twentieth Century
, p. 1207.

5.
Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles
, p. 168.

Chapter Thirty-two

1.
Marxism Today,
March 1984, p. 3, article by Alan Murdoch.

Chapter Thirty-four

1.
British State Papers, released 2006.

2.
Hope and History
, p. 20.

3.
Magill,
September 1984.

4.
Stalker
, p. 30.

5.
An Phoblacht,
September 1, 2005.

6.
The Times
(London), November 20, 1984.

7.
Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles
, p. 185.

Chapter Thirty-five

1.
An Phoblacht,
September 1, 2005.

2.
The Independent,
October 23, 2005.

3.
Short Fellow
, p. 331.

4.
An Phoblacht,
May 25, 2006.

Chapter Thirty-six

1.
Killing Finucane
, p. 52.

2.
Dublin as a Work of Art
, p. 110.

3.
BBC News, November 9, 1987.

Chapter Thirty-seven

1.
Fatal Encounter
, p. 67.

2.
The Tribune,
March 12, 1988, article by Veronica Guerin.

3.
Fatal Encounter,
p. 86.

Chapter Thirty-nine

1.
The Family
, p. 495.

Chapter forty

1.
Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles
, p. 245.

Chapter Forty-one

1.
Lost Lives
, pp. 1291–92.

2.
The Fight for Peace
, p. 246.

Chapter Forty-two

1.
Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles
, p. 270.

2.
Endgame in Ireland
, p. 79.

3.
Irish News,
April 26, 1993.

4.
British State Papers, released 2006.

Chapter Forty-four

1.
Endgame in Ireland
, pp. 203–05.

Periodicals consulted:

The Irish Times

Irish News

Cork Examiner

Irish Independent

Sunday Independent

The Times
(London)

Connacht Tribune

Belfast Newsletter

Belfast Tribune

An Phoblacht

Life

Time

Magill

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

1999: A NOVEL OF THE CELTIC TIGER AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE

Copyright © 2008 by Morgan Llywelyn

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Llywelyn, Morgan.

1999: a novel of the Celtic tiger and the search for peace / Morgan Llywelyn.—1st hardcover ed.

p. cm.

“A Tom Doherty Associates Book.”

ISBN: 978-0-312-87849-8

1. Ireland—Fiction. 2. Northern Ireland—Fiction. 3. Photojournalists—Fiction. 4. Political fiction. I. Title. II. Title: Nineteen ninety-nine.

PS3562.L94A66 2008

813'.54—dc22

2007041783

 

*
Short for
Garda Siochana
, Guardians of the Peace: the Irish police force.

 

*
Member of the Irish Republican Army.

 

†
Royal Ulster Constabulary; the police force of Northern Ireland.

 

*
It's me.

 

†
My son.

 

*
Chief; in Irish government, the prime minister.

 

*
Soldiers of Destiny.

 

†
Irish republican political party.

 

*
The Republic
; monthly newspaper of the republican movement.

 

*
Dried mucus in the corner of the eye.

 

*
See
1916
by the same author.

 

*
Detective wing of the security forces.

 

*
See
1972
by the same author.

 

*
Do your shopping.

 

*
British government buildings.

 

*
Officer Commanding.

 

*
Members of an army squad.

 

*
Red Dog.

 

*
Perjorative for Catholic.

 

*
British irregulars recruited after World War One; notorious for their brutality in Ireland.

 

*
Special Air Service, a branch of the British army.

 

*
High convention.

 

*
The Senate of Ireland.

 

*
Special Air Services.

 

*
The Irish Volunteers; Irish name of the IRA.

 

†
The Warriors of Ireland; Irish republican youth corps.

 

‡
The Society of Women; republican women's organisation.

 

*
Teachtai Dála
: parliamentary delegate.

 

*
See
1916
by the same author.

 

*
In 2006 Knight was exposed as having been an RUC Special Branch agent. Although convicted of a total of twelve UDA murders, he was paid £50,000 a year through a bogus Special Branch account.

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