This was put together and submitted to The Pensive Quill by Marty Cullen. It is a humourous response to unflattering remarks thrown the way of Ruth Dudley Edwards in the comments section of the blog. Ruth, unfazed, suggested the Quill carry this. Good for her.
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.