Prisoners of the City: Joseph Devlin, the Catholics of Belfast and the Partition of Ireland

1918年至1983年间，西贝尔法斯特从天主教爱尔兰最弱的新芬党选区变成了最强大的选区。国会国民党领袖乔·德夫林（1871-1934）的第一本传记解释了这一切是如何发生的，传记以他所在的当地天主教社区为背景。在1921年的分治中，贝尔法斯特的民族主义者在新芬党和阿尔斯特统一党面前是双重输家。在共和党人和南方人的共同记忆中，德夫林的温和和他的宗派欺诈是罪魁祸首。这项研究以一种更有利的方式呈现了德夫林，并建议对革命的新芬党的政策采取更批判性的方法。

Between 1918 and 1983 West Belfast went from being the weakest Sinn Fein constituency in Catholic Ireland to the strongest. How this happened is explained through the first biography of the Parliamentary Nationalist leader Joe Devlin (1871-1934), set in the context of his local Catholic community. In the 1921 partition Belfast's Nationalist were double-losers, to Sinn Fein and to Ulster Unionism. In the communal memory of republicans and southerners Devlin's moderation and his sectarian jobbery were to blame. This research presents Devlin in a more favourable light, and suggests a more critical approach to the policies of revolutionary Sinn Fein.