Matt Treacy Explained

Matt Treacy is an Irish historian and writer. Treacy was a member of the Provisional 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 as an advisor and speechwriter, including Martin Ferris TD.^[2] Treacy studied and completed a PhD in Trinity College Dublin.^[3] Treacy has written histories of the IRA and the Communist Party of Ireland. Treacy contributed a column to An Phoblacht, reporting on Gaelic football and hurling, and works as a freelance journalist.

Publications

• The Communist Party of Ireland 1921 - 2011, by Matt Treacy, Brocaire Books, 2012.^[4]
• 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] [6] [7]}
• A Year of the Dubs, by Matt Treacy, Lulu Publishing, 2013.
• Houses of Pain, by Matt Treacy, MTP Publishing, 2020.

References

1. https://rfe123.org/category/matt-treacy Matt Treacy RFÉ 16 June 2018
2. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/aide-active-in-ira-while-he-worked-in-dail-for-sinn-fein-35737737.html Aide 'active in IRA while he worked in Dail for Sinn Féin'
3. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/sorting-through-what-was-left-of-the-new-republic-1.1251106 Sorting through what was left of the new republic
4. Muldowney . Mary . 2013 . Reviewed Work: The Communist Party of Ireland 1921-2011: Vol 1: 1921-1969 by Matt Treacy . Saothar . 38 . 153–155 . 24897912.
5. https://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/the-ira-1956-69-rethinking-the-republic/ Reviews: The IRA 1956-69 Rethinking the Republic
6. Leach . Daniel . 2012 . Matt Treacy. The IRA, 1956–69: Rethinking the Republic . The American Historical Review . 117 . 4 . 1302–1303 . 10.1093/ahr/117.4.1302.
7. Mulholland . Marc . 2011 . The IRA, 1956–69: Rethinking the Republic. By Matt Treacy. Pp viii, 211. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 2011. £60. . Irish Historical Studies . 37 . 148 . 660–661 . 10.1017/S0021121400003539. 164917144 .