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Dr Ivan Gibbons is a lecturer in Modern Irish and British history specialising in the relationship between the British Labour Party and Ireland. He was lecturer and MA and BA Programme Director in Irish Studies at St Marys University, Twickenham and formerly an adult education organiser for the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) and Kensington and Chelsea College.
He was educated at Queen’s University, Belfast and Birkbeck College, University of London where he was awarded his PhD for his thesis “The British Labour Party and the Establishment of the Irish Free State”.
He has taught and organised Irish Studies undergraduate, postgraduate and adult education courses throughout London and has lectured on modern Irish history throughout Britain. He was awarded the Irish Post Community Award for services to the Irish community in Britain and has written extensively on Irish history and politics. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith where he currently organises an annual public lecture series on Irish history.
PRESS RELEASE – HAUS PUBLISHING
PARTITION
How and Why Ireland was Divided
By Ivan Gibbons
Publication details:
3 November 2020
£12.99| History, Politics, Ireland
Hardback |212 pages | 1 Map
ISBN 978-1913368-01-2
A hundred years ago, Ireland was partitioned into a unionist north and a nationalist south. What began as an expedient and temporary political device to resolve conflicting tensions inside the United Kingdom was to become a permanent international frontier between two sovereign states, and Britain’s only land border with the European Union.
The passion and emotion felt about partition has not dissipated in the intervening century; it is as controversial now as it was then. To mark the centenary, this concise introductory history explains why Ireland was partitioned and how the two states on the island were created.
‘A must-read to understand why the Irish Border continues to cast such a jagged shadow over the island of Ireland, from party politics to implementing Brexit.’
– Peter Hain, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
‘Thoughtful and well written study of a difficult problem.’
– Paul Bew
‘Ivan’s lifetime interest and research into the tortured history of the Irish border has produced a vivid account of the historic twists and turns that resulted in partition.’
– Nicholas Jones, former BBC political correspondent
IVAN GIBBONS is a lecturer in Modern Irish and British history specialising in the relationship between the British Labour Party and Ireland. He was lecturer and MA and BA Programme Director in Irish Studies at St Mary’s University.
He is the author of The British Labour Party and the Establishment of the Irish Free State (2015) and Drawing the Line: The Irish Border in British Politics (2018).
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Publications
Haus Publishing 2020
Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre and Guildhall Press 2011
Palgrave Macmillan 2015
Manchester University Press 2016
Haus Publishing 2018