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Say Nothing Series-Finale Recap: Speak Up
Dolours and Brendan reflect on the things done during the armed struggle.
The man’s hands tremble as he reads: The Good Friday Agreement determined that in exchange for the treatment of Sinn Féin as a legitimate political party and the decommissioning of IRA weapons, the British would “cut back” on military presence in Northern Ireland. The IRA’s goal, since the beginning of the Troubles, had been to unite Ireland and get rid of the British altogether; Gerry’s concession doesn’t make sense for the people who spent half their lives sacrificing themselves and others for that cause. Unlike Brendan, whose own departure had to do with the Good Friday Agreement and Gerry’s political turn, Dolours had already started to “reconsider the efficacy of violence” as early as 1978, according to Keefe, the same year she resigned from the IRA.
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