Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children Who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles

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The deaths chosen for inclusion in the film are broadly representative of the ratio of deaths of Irish republicans, Loyalist paramilitaries and forces of the British state. It turned out that Number 2555, Ronnie Finlay, aged 32, Protestant, married, 3 children, factory worker, shot by the IRA on 23 August 1983 as he left his factory, was her dad's best friend. Like the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, this book tallies the human cost of "the Troubles" in one place.

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Lost Lives: The Stories of men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles, (3rd Ed. There may be some who believe that more detail should have been given to provide more context for each death, but had the authors done this the work would have lost it's poignancy and impact as the individual deaths got lost in the political and religious miasma. Chris Thornton, an American living in Belfast, is the security correspondent of the Belfast Telegraph.Brian Feeney, who holds a doctorate in Irish history, lives in Belfast and is a senior lecturer at a teacher-training college there. All the casualties are remembered here—the RUC officer, the young soldier, the IRA volunteer, the loyalist paramilitary, the Catholic mother, the Protestant worker, and the new-born baby. The looming prospect of a no-deal Brexit and the potential that has for reigniting the conflict combines in my mind with the fond memories I have of my visit to Northern Ireland two years ago to leave me with a feeling of grave foreboding and also hope that the foundations of peace laid over two decades ago and built upon since will bear up under the pressure of today's political blundering.

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Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. The authors - three of them Belfast-born and the fourth an American - are award-winning journalists. A film based on the book premiered at the 2019 London Film Festival [6] and was broadcast on BBC One in February 2020.Thornton said that he and the other authors were opposed to any potential governmental involvement in the reprinting of the book as it would "leave it open to political influence". Over a seven-year period, they examined every single death which was directly caused by the troubles. Over a seven-year period, the authors examined every death which was directly caused by the troubles.

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This is an important book for anyone interested in the cause of peace, and a must read for lovers of Ireland and the Irish people. All the casualties are remembered here - the RUC officer, the young soldier, the IRA volunteer, the loyalist paramilitary, the Catholic mother, the Protestant worker, and the new-born baby. Open Library is an initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. a riposte, a challenge to all of us, for allowing this terrible loss of life, all this grief and heartache in the place where we lived" and that "You just need to hold the book in your hand and feel the weight of that loss".By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Each entry includes the name, number, date of death, county of habitation, marital status, age, religion, occupation, and where appropriate affiliation (IRA, UVF, UDF, British Army, etc. The incredible human toll, the waste, the confusion, the passion, the misery, and yes, also the compassion, the dignity, the courage, the forgiveness, all of it is detailed here in a way that is at once both decidedly personal and quite objective.