Songs of the Northern Ireland Conflict (SoNIC) Archive
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About the Archive
During the ‘Troubles’ (1968-1998) in the north of Ireland, paramilitary groups and political movements were supported and sustained by a sociocultural apparatus that helped legitimise their position within the community and disseminate their political message.
From the use of flags and murals, to loyalist and republican parades, working-class vernacular culture communicated a vast array of symbolic, spatial, and political meaning.
SONIC is the first online archive of political song culture in Ireland during this period.
