Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children Who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles

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The book was out of print by December 2020, and Chris Thornton said that he and the surviving authors did not wish the book to be reprinted. anyone in or out of Northern Ireland, or anywhere else for that matter, who thinks violence is the answer should read this (or even just slowly flick through it) and see that it achieves nothing except needless pain and suffering generally by those not involved. It turned out that Number 2555, Ronnie Finlay, aged 32, Protestant, married, 3 children, factory worker, shot by the IRA on 23 August 1983 as he left his factory, was her dad's best friend. I crouched beside him but he was dead to my fingers, and no blood came from the tiny hole in his cheek. Written over seven years by five journalists, it is the only book to record the circumstances of every death in the Northern Irish Troubles.

As the car began to drive away the same soldier aimed his automatic weapon at it but this time several people told him not to fire and he didn't.It is not concerned with the political bickering, but with the lives of those who have suffered and the deaths which have resulted from more than three decades of conflict. Then the soldier who had just shot at the sniper thought there was another sniper in the alley where the kids were, and fired again. Thornton said that much more material had become available since the book was published and he and the other authors had hoped to update it but no publishers were interested. Over a seven-year period, the authors examined every death which was directly caused by the troubles. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

Lost Lives: The Stories of men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles, (3rd Ed. It was also shown on BBC One NI at 21:00 on 16 February 2020, and on BBC Two at 22:00 on 7 March 2020. Lost Lives: The Stories of men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles.That there should be a similar volume for the victims of all conflicts is self-evident, just as self-evidently there never will be.

They trace the origins of the conflict from the firing of the first shots, through the carnage of the 1970s and 1980s and up to the republican and loyalist ceasefires and beyond. The pace is quick, which is great for readability, but a little challenging because some of the biggest events—Bloody Sunday, the Hunger Strike, and the Good Friday—feel like they get glossed over. Lost Lives: The Stories of men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles, (2nd Ed. Featuring high-end cinematography, an orchestral score and readings by an ensemble cast of Irish actors, including Kenneth Branagh, Brendan Gleeson, Roma Downey, Liam Neeson, Bríd Brennan and Stephen Rea, the film is a requiem.Featured in the film are Kenneth Branagh, Bríd Brennan, Roma Downey, Adrian Dunbar, Michelle Fairley, Bronagh Gallagher, Brendan Gleeson, Dan Gordon, Ciarán Hinds, Conleth Hill, Susan Lynch, Des McAleer, Martin McCann, Ian McElhinney, Sean McGinley, James Nesbitt, Liam Neeson, Emer O’Connor, Stephen Rea, Judith Roddy, Michael Smiley and Bronagh Waugh. A soldier who was down in the street shot at the sniper and the reporter thought that saved his life. A film based on the book premiered at the 2019 London Film Festival [6] and was broadcast on BBC One in February 2020.