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Ireland’s Wars: 1972 Campaigns And Ceasefires
Bloody Sunday was not the sole reason why recruitment and support for organisations like the Official Irish Republican Army or the Provisional Irish Republican Army in this period began to truly skyrocket, but it has been acknowledged by many senior … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1972, adams, britain, british army, faulkner, heath, history, ira, ireland, mcguinness, northern ireland, oira, pira, troubles, uvf
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Ireland’s Wars: Bloody Sunday (1972)
The Troubles essentially began in Derry, when the seething sectarian and political tensions of the period erupted into the Battle of the Bogside. Two-and-a-half years after that seminal event, Northern Ireland had become engulfed in a level of violence that … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1972, bloody sunday, british army, history, ira, ireland, NICRA, parachute regiment, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Arms Trial
In the aftermath of the 1969 violence, few would have thought that anything more politically explosive than Jack Lynch’s easily misinterpreted words would have come out of it from the south. Despite the constitutional position and Fianna Fail’s adherence to … Continue reading
Ireland’s Wars: The Split (1969)
The Irish Republican Army emerged from the violence of August 1969 with its reputation among nationalist circles very much bruised, if not in outright tatters. Its inability to decisively intervene to protect Catholic communities in Belfast angered many, both within … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1969, belfast, dublin, goulding, history, ira, ireland, macstiofan, mcmillen, official, provisional, sinn fein, split, war
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Ireland’s Wars: August 1969 Outside Of Derry
The Battle of the Bogside was just the beginning. Soon after the initial clashes of the Catholic residents with the RUC and the Orange Order, things would quickly spill over into the rest of Northern Ireland. This was most especially … Continue reading
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Tagged 1969, b specials, belfast, britain, dcda, derry, history, ira, ireland, NICRA, northern ireland, ruc, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Battle Of The Bogside
In August of 1969 it can be said that the long-running conflict known as the Troubles truly began. That month events in Northern Ireland finally moved well beyond what the Belfast government and its security forces were in a position … Continue reading
Ireland’s Wars: The O’Neill Era And The Civil Rights Movement
Having spent a number of entries talking about Ireland’s place in grander international issues like UN missions or nuclear diplomacy, we must now return to much more localised issues, namely the growing instability in the North, and how this erupted … Continue reading
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
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Tagged 1950s, border campaign, cronin, de valera, garda, history, ira, ireland, lemass, mcgirl, o bradaigh, ruc, war
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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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