‘Modernising Conservatism’: The Northern Ireland Young Unionist Movement in the 1960s by Mulholland, M

Mr and Mrs Hall’s Tour of Ireland in the 1840s, More than a Unionist Guidebook, an Illustrated Definition of Ireland Made to Convince by Amélie Dochy

“…This article focuses on the 3 volumes written by Mr and Mrs Hall under the title Ireland, its Scenery, Character, etc., published in London between 1841 and 1843. …”
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“No idle sightseers”: The Ulster Women’s Unionist Council and the Ulster Crisis (1912-1914) by Pamela McKane

“…However, within a year of its establishment the UWUC was the largest women’s political organization in Ireland. Yet the literature related to Ulster unionism and twentieth-century Irish politics and history has constituted the UWUC as a marginal Ulster unionist organization. …”
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Peace and protest in Ireland: women's activism in Ireland, 1918-1937 by Pašeta, S

“…However, they quickly found that the rights they believed they had won were less than secure, and they turned to new and existing strategies in their efforts to adjust to the reality of independent Ireland.…”

LEGACY OF THE TROUBLES: CRISIS OF POWER IN NORTHERN IRELAND by Oleg V. Okhoshin

“…The catalyst for inter-party disagreements was the Northern Ireland Protocol – it introduced a special customs regulation regime that did not suit the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). …”
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The Rough Field and The Grafted Tongue of Northern Ireland by John Engle

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Consociationalism and the evolution of political cleavages in Northern Ireland, 1989-2004 by Tilley, J, Evans, G, Mitchell, C

“…Research undertaken before the ceasefire in the 1990s found noticeable asymmetries in the patterns of cleavage within the unionist and nationalist blocs. Within the unionist bloc, economic ‘left–right’ issues formed the main ideological division between the two major unionist parties. …”

Remedying Horizontal Inequality: The Changing Impact of Reform in Northern Ireland by Jennifer Todd

“…Northern Ireland is a case that lets us explore how people respond when deep‐set horizontal inequality is substantively reduced. …”
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Divided by National Belonging and Joint Territory: Northern Ireland’s National Identities by Christina Griessler

“…This paper explores two contradicting sets of political identities, Protestant unionist and pro-British on the one side, and Catholic Irish nationalist and republican on the other, which shape the social and political sphere of Ireland. …”
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‘The Troubles’ and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland in Seamus Heaney’s "The Cure at Troy" by Juan José Cogolludo Díaz

“…Heaney uses the classical Greek play to bring to light the plight and suffering of the Northern Irish people as a consequence of the atavistic and sectarian violence between the unionist and nationalist communities. Nevertheless, Heaney also provides possible answers that allow readers to harbour a certain degree of hope towards peace and the future in Northern Ireland. …”
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From Shibboleths to Shared Terminology? The Divisive Place Names of Northern Ireland by Maureen Murray

“…Ultimately, the goal of this paper is to determine if the relative peace throughout the last 15 years has led to less use of politically charged toponyms among the main actors in the conflict: the Republicans and Unionists within Northern Ireland itself.…”
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The Language of Conflict in Northern Ireland: Gerry Adams vs. Ian Paisley by Kim Grego

“…In Northern Ireland, the conflict between Unionists and Republicans, Catholic and Protestants saw its peak during the ‘Troubles' of 1969-1993. …”
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“Who am I? Well, I’m Irish anyway, that’s something.” Iris Murdoch and Ireland by Carla de Petris

“…Conradi, a lifelong friend and biographer of Iris Murdoch, born in Dublin of Anglo-Irish parents, speaks of her attachment to/ detachment from her country of origin as follows: “Her Irish connection was reflected in a lifetime’s intellectual and emotional engagement [that] – before her illness – transformed her from a romantic Marxist idealist to a hard-line Unionist and defender of the politics of Ian Paisley” (Conradi 2001b). …”
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The “most compact 5,196 square miles of back-lot in the world”: Northern Ireland, propaganda, rebranding and the media by Stephen BAKER

“…Initially beset by the imaginative exclusiveness of Ulster unionists, at whose insistence Northern Ireland exists, it is also subject to the competing discourse of Irish nationalism that seeks its dissolution and reunification with the rest of the island. …”
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Northern Ireland's fragile peace: how the Troubles paused and mutated since its official “end” in 1998 by Sally Browne

“…Official accounts argue that this conflict ended in 1998 with the unionist and nationalist peace process, however this article discredits that assertion and shows that from the perspectives of politics, policing, and victims, this conflict is an outstanding issue in Northern Ireland today. …”
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Musical culture and the spirit of Irish nationalism, c. 1848-1972 by Parfitt, R

'A Third Country': Irish Border Communities by Mary E. Daly

“…Those who live along the Irish Border regard themselves as distinct from the rest of Northern Ireland or Ireland – ‘a third country’, that is neglected, and distinct from both Belfast and Dublin. …”
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First Thoughts on the UK General Election Result 2017 by Aidan O'Neill

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Devolution and its discontents by Hepworth, J

“…The Conservative government insists that modifying the Northern Ireland Protocol will entice the Democratic Unionist Party back into Stormont and restore the devolved Assembly. …”

The Belfast Pogrom and the Interminable Irish Question by Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh

“…It counters much of the prevailing historiography on what nationalists call the Belfast pogrom, identifying it as the pivotal episode in the genesis of Northern Ireland, during which the Ulster Unionist leadership – with near unconditional state support – effectively purged Belfast’s labour market of Catholics and Protestant socialists to create an Orange economy that served as the material basis for a half-century of Unionist rule. …”
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