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Category Archives: History
Ireland’s Wars: Rumpunch And Morthor
After the problems of the initial deployment in the Congo, the Irish contingent had settled down to a life of barracks duty and presence patrols, as ONUC attempted to fulfill the mission that had it in the country in the … Continue reading
Ireland’s Wars: Niemba
It was the Autumn of 1960, and the Irish Army was firmly committed to the United Nations mission in the Congo. Several battalions of soldiers had arrived in the south-eastern province of Katanga and, along with the larger multi-national mission, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1960, congo, history, ireland, irish defence forces, niemba, UN, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The United Nations And The Congo Crisis
Our “coverage” of the 20th century in terms of Ireland’s military history now affords us the opportunity to look at the sorts of things that Ireland was able to do with its regular military forces as a free and independent … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1960, congo, history, ireland, irish defence forces, katanga, lemass, lumumba, onuc, tshombe, united nations, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The End Of The Border Campaign
The IRA had committed an enormous amount of its resources, in terms of personnel, guns and explosives, to Operation Harvest. The very earliest stages of this campaign had brought significant success, designating the IRA once again as a major force … Continue reading
Ireland’s Wars: The Border Campaign Continues
The Brookborough raid had been a decidedly mixed bag for the IRA: from an operational standpoint it had been a total disaster, but it had somehow managed to give the IRA a major propaganda coup in mass attendance funerals and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, border campaign, de valera, history, ira, ireland, northern ireland, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Sean South And The Brookborough Barracks Attack
The Border Campaign had gotten off to a spectacular start. The IRA had hit numerous targets, made their opponents look ineffective, and even inflicted casualties while taking none of their own. Now, as 1957 began, the IRA was intent on … Continue reading
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Tagged 1957, b specials, border campaign, garland, history, ira, ireland, northern ireland, ruc, sean south, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Border Campaign
In the latter weeks of 1956, buoyed by years of preparation beforehand and pushed by the activities of other groups, the IRA commenced with one of its most ambitious military operations since the Irish revolutionary period came to a close. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1956, b specials, border campaign, brooke, cronin, history, ira, ireland, northern ireland, operation harvest, ruc, teeling, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Saor Uladh
If there is one repeating trait down the entire history of Irish militant republicanism, it is the tendency for the movement to factionalise. The bigger organisations, not least the Irish Republican Army, have always tended to have within their number … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, christle, history, ira, ireland, kelly, northern ireland, saor uladh, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The IRA After The Second World War
If the immediate time period after the end of the Second World War was a difficult era for Ireland in general, then it is fair to say that is was an extremely difficult era for the Irish Republican Army. World … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, belfast, de valera, dublin, history, ira, ireland, northern ireland, three macs, war
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