Red Triangle Paperback by Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh

Product Details

• Publisher: Verso (2026-11-10)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 288 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781836741879
• Item Weight: 283.5 grams
• Dimensions: 23.24 x 15.29 x 1.57 cm

A fascinating people’s history that transforms our understanding of Irish Independence, Partition and the origins of Northern Ireland

Red Triangle is a major social history and the backstory to Britain’s partition of Ireland in 1921. It captures the wave of labour militancy that swept across the north during the struggle for Irish independence. From Belfast and Ulster’s linen triangle, this movement radiated outwards as socialist trade unionists forged an unlikely alliance between Catholics and Protestants, challenging sectarian divisions and imperial authority. The mass strikes offered a tantalising glimpse of a democratic future for Ulster before the movement was crushed by loyalist violence.

East Tyrone historian Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh draws on vivid eyewitness testimony, lost pamphlets and labour archives to craft a compelling, ground level account of Partition and its place in Irish history.

About the Author

Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh is Senior Lecturer in History at St. Mary’s University, Belfast and the author of two previous monographs on the revolutionary period in Ireland, Fenians and Ribbonmen and Tyrone: The Irish Revolution. Originally from East Tyrone, he taught for ten years at Coláiste Feirste, the largest Irish-language secondary school on the Island and makes frequent contributions to historical television documentaries and news programmes. He was previously a Research Fellow at the National University of Ireland, Galway.