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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THERE ARE SO many people who must be thanked for supporting this project that I fear missing someone. I especially want to thank the respondents, who gave generously of their time and their memories. Most important, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh patiently sat for interviews, responded to letters, and spoke with me on the phone. He generously shared his time, his papers, his opinions, and access to his colleagues, comrades, and family. I also want to thank Patsy Ó Brádaigh and Sein Ó Brádaigh and their families for all of their help. It was especially helpful that Ruairí Ó Brádaigh and his family let me form my own conclusions. Others would have been tempted to form them for me.

Two top scholars, David Rapoport and the late J. Bowyer Bell, have been ardent supporters. David is the masterful co-editor of Terrorism and Political Violence. He is open-minded, reasoned, and always charming. Bow Bell, from 1983, was always supportive, willing to answer questions and offer suggestions, and a fun person to meet on an Irish street. He set the standard for research on Irish Republicans and he is missed. The staff of the Linen Hall Library, especially Yvonne Murphy and the staff of the Northern Ireland Political Collection, are the best. Father Ignatius Fennessey of the Franciscan Library at Dün Mhuire, former repository of Sein Mac Eoin’s papers, was especially helpful. The papers are now held by University College Dublin. A grant from The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation supported travel and research assistance and allowed a very fruitful sabbatical in Ireland in the fall of 1996. Grants from the Indiana University Office of International Affairs and the Indiana University Bloomington West European Studies Program paid for travel and/or research assistants. An Indiana University Arts and Humanities grant also supported travel and research assistance.

A lengthy list of research assistants has been a great help. They include Shannon Baldwin, Bruce Beal, Erin Bethuram, Karen Budnick, Evelyn Hovee, Amber Houston, Lori Langdoc, Libby Laux, Karen Patterson, Patricia Richards, Jasper Sumner, and Bridget Tucker. Others who offered help, insights, suggestions, and sometimes just listened to me include Herman Blake, David Bodenhamer, Egan Dargatz, Scott Evenbeck, Charlie Feeney, Dave Ford, Toni Giffin, Velma Graves, Rick Hanson, Wayne Husted, Mel Johnson, Joy Kramer, John Leamnson, Gianni Lipkins, Mike Maitzen, Kevin Marsh, John McCormick, Fr. William Munshower, Fred Burns O’Brien, Gail Plater, Jane Quintet, Becky Renollet, Patrick Rooney, Mike Scott, Gen Shaker, Michelle Simmons, Catherine Souch, Margie Tarpey, Michael Tarpey, Rick Ward, and Tom White. Thanks go to Kevin Mickey and James Colbert for the maps. Over the course of writing this project I have served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and as Dean of the School of Liberal Arts. The dean’s staff, many of whom are listed above, is extraordinary, and their support and friendship has been a great help. Special thanks go to Sue Herrell, my administrative assistant, and Carol Clarke, Merle Illg, and Mark Shemanski, the office receptionist/secretaries, for their help. Stephanie Osborne, formerly of the dean’s staff, has great ideas and listens very well. Miriam Langsam, my teacher, colleague, friend, and fellow Acting Co-Director of the Women’s Studies Program, read several chapters, offering her insight. Richard Turner, Mary Trotter, and the students of 1300, Irish Tradition and Culture, offered their insights and gave me the opportunity to talk about my project. The students of R476, Social Movements, offered comments and perspective and were a pleasure to teach. Christian Kloesel and the late Tony Sherrill are and were sources of mirth and inspiration. Special thanks go to Val and Dolores Lynch and their family for their friendship. I especially want to thank Ed Moloney for his foreword and comments.

As “I poked about a village church and found his family tomb,” my family has been a source of support and encouragement. My wife, Terry, patiently read every chapter at least twice and offered several suggestions that smoothed out the presentation. She and our children, Kerry and Claire, have participated in many an Irish adventure, have tolerated my constant telling of stories about this and that, and have patiently listened to my infrequent and mild complaints associated with academic administration.

Two people with me when I started this project, my mother, Margaret White, and my sister, Barbara White Thoreson, have left us physically but remain with me. I measc Naomh is Laochra na hEireann go raibh a n-anam uasal.

RWW

Indianapolis

July 2005