The highly acclaimed film Bloody Sunday debuted in October in theaters across the United States. The film provides a graphic account of that tragic Jan. 30, 1972, when British paratroopers open fire and killed unarmed civil rights marchers in Derry. Director Peter Greengrass took his tale from Don Mullan's book, Eyewitness Bloody Sunday: the Truth.

Another book, A Secret History of the IRA (WW Norton, $28.95), by noted reporter Ed Moloney, also recently was released. The work has raised eyebrows overseas with its claims that Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams served as an IRA commander and sanctioned some of the terrorist group's most atrocious attacks. Adams has denied the allegations.

On another front, the Irish Peace Institute published its Pens for Peace anthology, containing reflections on the peace process and the current state of affairs in Ireland. Its contributions come from a range of influential individuals in Ireland, including Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, First Minister David Trimble, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney and community activist Baroness May Blood. 

Read about the film and these books in this issue of The Irish American Post. As always, the political scene in Northern Ireland makes for fascinating coverage. While none of this is soft fireside fare, as the autumn winds turn toward winter, the stories are gripping and often unsettling. But it's the stuff of real life on that small island...unfortunately.
 

Martin Hintz, publisher.
 

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