Internment 1971

What is it about?

This article examines the introduction of internment in Northern Ireland in August 1971. I will give a brief description of the political background to the introduction of the measure. The standard narrative regarding the introduction of internment is that it was a mistake, based on poor intelligence, which led to an increase in support for the IRA; the implication being that poor intelligence was the reason why innocent nationalists were arrested and some subsequently interned, and also why no

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Why is it important?

Challenges existing narratives over the introduction of internment without trial in Northern Ireland in 1971