Matt Treacy
Matt Treacy, is an Irish historian and writer. Treacy was a member the IRA and spent four years in Portlaoise Prison before being released under the Good Friday Agreement. He worked with a number of Sinn Féin politicians including Martin Ferris TD, as an advisor and speechwriter. He worked for Sinn Féin in Leinster House from 2002 until 2011. Treacy studied an completed a Phd in Trinity College Dublin. Dr. Treacy has written histories of the IRA and the Communist Party of Ireland. Treacy contributed a column in An Phoblacht reporting on Gaelic Football and Hurling, and worked as a freelance journalist and made contributions to Gript Media.Publications
- The Communist Party of Ireland 1921 - 2011, by Matt Treacy, Lulu Publishing, 2013.
- A Tunnel to the Moon: The End of the Irish Republican Army, by Matt Treacy, Lulu Publishing, 2011.
- The IRA 1956–69: Rethinking the Republic, by Matt Treacy, Manchester University Press, 2013.
- A Year of the Dubs, by Matt Treacy, Lulu Publishing, 2013.
- Houses of Pain, by Matt Treacy, MTP Publishing, 2020.
