The IRAThis updated edition of the history of the IRA now includes behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process. Coogan examines the IRA's origins, its foreign links, the bombing campaigns, and hunger strikes. |
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... Charlie's request , and finally , in 1953 , joining the Dublin unit of the ... Murphy only discovered what was planned by accident but he promptly ... Charlie Murphy with Skuse's aid . On 11 August 1955 , the party set off for England in ...
... Charlie's request , and finally , in 1953 , joining the Dublin unit of the ... Murphy only discovered what was planned by accident but he promptly ... Charlie Murphy with Skuse's aid . On 11 August 1955 , the party set off for England in ...
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... Charlie Murphy invited him to join him as a co - training officer , because of his military background . ( At the time , apart from an active service unit of perhaps fifty men who had taken part in raids , the vast majority of the rank ...
... Charlie Murphy invited him to join him as a co - training officer , because of his military background . ( At the time , apart from an active service unit of perhaps fifty men who had taken part in raids , the vast majority of the rank ...
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... Charlie Murphy followed a route thirty miles over mountain and bog to attack the RUC barracks in the town of Lisnaskea . In the town there were some anxious moments when it was learned than an IRA suspect had been captured and was in a ...
... Charlie Murphy followed a route thirty miles over mountain and bog to attack the RUC barracks in the town of Lisnaskea . In the town there were some anxious moments when it was learned than an IRA suspect had been captured and was in a ...
Contents
The Origins of the IRA | 3 |
Dilemmas of Violence and Politics | 38 |
The Triumph of Fianna Fail | 64 |
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