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Ireland’s Wars: 1972 Campaigns And Ceasefires

Posted on May 30, 2023 by NFB

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 →

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Ireland’s Wars: Bloody Sunday (1972)

Posted on May 16, 2023 by NFB

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 →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Arms Trial

Posted on Apr 25, 2023 by NFB

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 →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Split (1969)

Posted on Apr 18, 2023 by NFB

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 →

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Ireland’s Wars: August 1969 Outside Of Derry

Posted on Apr 4, 2023 by NFB

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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Ireland’s Wars: The Battle Of The Bogside

Posted on Mar 28, 2023 by NFB

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 →

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Ireland’s Wars: The O’Neill Era And The Civil Rights Movement

Posted on Mar 14, 2023 by NFB

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 →

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Ireland’s Wars: The End Of The Border Campaign

Posted on Jan 3, 2023 by NFB

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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Ireland’s Wars: The Border Campaign Continues

Posted on Dec 27, 2022 by NFB

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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Ireland’s Wars: Sean South And The Brookborough Barracks Attack

Posted on Dec 20, 2022 by NFB

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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