The strange death of Loyalist Monaghan 1912-1921

Tim Wilson

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198748274.003.0015

The strange death of Loyalist Monaghan 1912-1921

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Abstract

Republican attempts to push back the border of Northern Ireland through armed struggle have been well studied. Loyalist attempts to push in the other direction have been entirely overlooked. Yet, in parts of Monaghan at least, armed loyalist resistance to the emergent shape of partition remained trenchant for far longer than has been recognized. In a Fosterian spirit of exploring the possible futures that did not happen, this chapter seeks to explore why this forgotten armed struggle flared in the spring of 1921 and then so abruptly ceased. By 1922, Monaghan ex-loyalists had become mere bystanders in the ‘border war’ that flared along the new frontier: a striking absence that demands explanation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Uncertain futures
Subtitle of host publication	essays about the Irish past for Roy Foster
Editors	Senia Paseta
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Chapter	14
Pages	174-187
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191810930, 9780191065187
ISBN (Print)	9780198748274
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198748274.003.0015
Publication status	Published - 2016

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

'border war'
Ethnic conflict
Intercommunal violence
Loyalism
Monaghan
Partition
Roslea/Rosslea
Sectarian violence
Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)

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