Mary Lou McDonald: A Republican Riddle

by Shane Ross

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781838955908
Publisher:	Atlantic Books
Publication date:	10/06/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Shane Ross has been a stockbroker, a journalist, a politician and an author. He was Business Editor of the Sunday Independent for over sixteen years, and a member of the Seanad for 29 years before taking a Dáil seat in 2011. In 2016, he became Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, serving in government for over four years.

Table of Contents

introduction: The Riddle of Mary Lou chapter 1: The Skeleton in the Cupboard chapter 2: From the Cradle to the Altar: A Politics-Free Zone chapter 3: Into the Arms of Gerry Adams chapter 4: The Anointing of Mary Lou: The Fast Track to Europe chapter 5: Desperately Seeking a Dá il Seat chapter 6: The Mansion in Cabra chapter 7: A Star Takes the Dá il by Storm chapter 8: Adams Calls the Shots chapter 9: Playing the Cemetery Game chapter 10: To Hell and Back chapter 11: A United Ireland or Bust acknowledgements index