Matt Treacy
Matt Treacy, is an Irish historian and writer. Treacy was a member the IRA and spent four years in Portlaoise Prison before being released under the Good Friday Agreement.[1] He worked with a number of Sinn Féin politicians including Martin Ferris TD, as an advisor and speechwriter. He worked for Sinn Féin in Leinster House from 2002 until 2011.[2] Treacy studied an completed a Phd in Trinity College Dublin.[3] Dr. Treacy has written histories of the IRA and the Communist Party of Ireland. Treacy contributed a column in An Phoblacht reporting on Gaelic Football and Hurling, and worked as a freelance journalist and made contributions to Gript Media.[4]
Publications
- The Communist Party of Ireland 1921 - 2011, by Matt Treacy, Lulu Publishing, 2013.
- A Tunnel to the Moon: The End of the Irish Republican Army, by Matt Treacy, Lulu Publishing, 2011.
- The IRA 1956–69: Rethinking the Republic, by Matt Treacy, Manchester University Press, 2013.[5]
- A Year of the Dubs, by Matt Treacy, Lulu Publishing, 2013.
- Houses of Pain, by Matt Treacy, MTP Publishing, 2020.
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References
- Matt Treacy RFÉ 16 June 2018 Radio Free Eireann
- Aide 'active in IRA while he worked in Dail for Sinn Féin' by Maeve Sheehan, Irish Independent, May 21, 2017.
- Sorting through what was left of the new republic by Deaglan De Breadun, Culture, Irish Times, February 9, 2013.
- Matt Treacy Author, Gript.ie
- Reviews: The IRA 1956-69 Rethinking the Republic by Eoin Ó Broin, History Ireland, Issue 5, Sept/Oct 2011.
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