Mary Lou McDonald
eBook - ePub

Mary Lou McDonald

A Republican Riddle

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eBook - ePub

Mary Lou McDonald

A Republican Riddle

About this book

Mary Lou McDonald is the bookies' favourite to be Ireland's next Taoiseach. She would be the first woman to reach the office, and the first Sinn Féin leader ever to enter government in the Republic of Ireland. But how did a quintessentially bourgeois woman become the leader of a political party with such recent links to terrorism? This exhaustively researched biography unearths new details of her family background and her privileged education, as well as her initial foray into politics through the more traditional Fianna Fáil party. It explores her unusually late commitment to political life and traces her mysterious but meteoric rise through the ranks of Sinn Féin and her relentless drive to reach the top of the party. Scrupulously fair and balanced, Mary Lou McDonald illuminates its subject's political awakening and her interactions with the hard men of the IRA, while posing important questions about the evolution and future of Sinn Féin.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction: The Riddle of Mary Lou
  6. Chapter 1: The Skeleton in the Cupboard
  7. Chapter 2: From the Cradle to the Altar: A Politics-Free Zone
  8. Chapter 3: Into the Arms of Gerry Adams
  9. Chapter 4: The Anointing of Mary Lou: The Fast Track to Europe
  10. Chapter 5: Desperately Seeking a Dáil Seat
  11. Chapter 6: The Mansion in Cabra
  12. Chapter 7: A Star Takes the Dáil by Storm
  13. Chapter 8: Adams Calls the Shots
  14. Chapter 9: Playing the Cemetery Game
  15. Chapter 10: To Hell and Back
  16. Chapter 11: A United Ireland or Bust
  17. Acknowledgements
  18. Index
  19. Picture Sections