Date: 2020
Type: Article
Teenagers and young adults in dissident Irish republicanism : a case study of Na Fianna Éireann in Dublin
Critical studies on terrorism, 2020, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 702-723
REINISCH, Dieter, Teenagers and young adults in dissident Irish republicanism : a case study of Na Fianna Éireann in Dublin, Critical studies on terrorism, 2020, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 702-723
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/68409
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On 18 April 2019, by-stander Lyra McKee was killed while a group of teenagers and young men rioted against the PSNI in the Northern Irish city of Derry. During these riots, two masked gunmen of the “New IRA” fired up to ten shots at three PSNI Land Rovers. The recruitment of teenagers into the ranks of dissident Irish republicans has raised concern that a new generation of young adults born after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement is prepared to continue acts of political violence in Ireland. This article will examine the motivations and ideology of teenagers and young adults in dissident Irish republican organisations. It is based on a series of in-depth interviews with members of the dissident republican youth organisation Na Fianna Éireann in the Dublin region. The interview data show four broad motivational factors for teenagers and young adults to join the republican youth organisation, Na Fianna Éireann, in the Republic of Ireland. These four are: First, working-class background, with its related deprivation and social problems (such as criminality and drug addiction); second, the importance of family links and social networks; third, social media as an introduction to republicanism; and, fourth, fascination with Irish history.
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First published online on 16 Sep 2020
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/68409
Full-text via DOI: 10.1080/17539153.2020.1820207
ISSN: 1753-9153; 1753-9161
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
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