Malachy McGurran - A Dedicated Revolutionist
| Date: | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Publication: | Intercontinental Press |
| Issue: | 23rd October, 1978 |
| Author: | Gerry Foley |
| Type: | Article |
| View: | View Document |
| Discuss: | Comments on this document |
| Subjects: | Malachy McGurran |
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Commentary From The Cedar Lounge Revolution
21st November 2016
Thanks to NollaigO for forwarding this, an obituary of Official Sinn Féin leader Malachy McGurran written by Gerry Foley and published in Intercontinental Press on October 23 1977. This is a further addition to the library of texts written by Foley on Republicans and Socialists in Ireland during the 1970s.
McGurran who died tragically at the very young age of 40, was a leading figure in OSF in the North. Foley, who clearly retained considerable personal affection and admiration for McGurran despite significant differences politically offers an overview from a Trotskyist position of the development of OSF.
Interestingly Foley contextualises McGurran’s death with that of Billy McMillan and Séamus Costello, all of which had taken place within the previous three years. He suggests that McGurran had sought to ‘promote closer relations between the ‘Official’ republican movement and the Fourth International. He also argues that McGurran ‘obviously wanted to make it clear he was an anti-Stalinist’.
The obituary is entitled ‘Malachy McGurran – a Dedicated Revolutionist’ and at four pages long is a fascinating addition to the archive.
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By: Joe Mon, 21 Nov 2016 20:46:53
Christ almighty. The author uses this so-called obituary as an excuse to give a lecture. Where the officials went wrong and how ‘the Irish revolution’ should be made – advice from an all-knowing Trotskyist from the U.S.of A.
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By: oconnorlysaght Mon, 21 Nov 2016 22:49:54
You could learn something from him, Joe.
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By: Joe Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:13:58
In reply to oconnorlysaght.
I could yeah. Like the revolutionary meaning of some song he calls Sliabh na Ban.
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