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# Tom Griffin explores the Irish republican tradition
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/tom-griffin-explores-the-irish-republican-tradition/
- Published: 2009-03-19T14:03:41.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:42:51.000Z
- Author: Thomas Ash
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:49

**Thomas Ash (Oxford,** [**OK**](https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom)**)**: Shortly after the attack at Massereene army base early this month, OurKingdom's own Tom Griffin posted a [brief discussion](https://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/ourkingdom-theme/tom-griffin/2009/03/11/the-struggle-for-the-soul-of-irish-republicanism) of the many attempts that were being made to paint the attackers as the "true" representatives of the Irish republican tradition. As he noted, these attempts were made not only by republicans who rejected the peace process but also by unionists keen to cast their opponents in a bad light.

Tom has now published a [review](http://www.irishleftreview.org/2009/03/18/revising-republicanism/?ref=opendemocracy.net) of Eoin Ó Broin’s new book [Sinn Féin and the Politics of Left Republicanism](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sexec/obidos/ASIN/0745324630/opendemocra0e-21?ref=opendemocracy.net), which challenges this line of argument in greater detail. Anyone interested in the ideology of Irish republicans in history and the present day should [take a look](http://www.irishleftreview.org/2009/03/18/revising-republicanism/?ref=opendemocracy.net).