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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Page 490
... Long Kesh were joined by three women in Armagh jail , Mairead Farrell , OC of the Armagh Provisional prisoners , Mairead Nugent and Mary Doyle . Like the men in Long Kesh they had been on a dirty protest from 7 February of that year ...
... Long Kesh were joined by three women in Armagh jail , Mairead Farrell , OC of the Armagh Provisional prisoners , Mairead Nugent and Mary Doyle . Like the men in Long Kesh they had been on a dirty protest from 7 February of that year ...
Page 499
... Long Kesh , for producing articles and letters in great quantities . A good singer , much in demand at parties , and subsequently in jail for prison concerts , he appears to have become fascinated with the story of the skylark who ...
... Long Kesh , for producing articles and letters in great quantities . A good singer , much in demand at parties , and subsequently in jail for prison concerts , he appears to have become fascinated with the story of the skylark who ...
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... Long Kesh hunger strike , after Bobby Sands . With a third South Derry Provo , Ian Milne , ( subsequently imprisoned in Long Kesh ) they became a legend , so much so that the RUC took the unprecedented step of issuing ' wanted ' posters ...
... Long Kesh hunger strike , after Bobby Sands . With a third South Derry Provo , Ian Milne , ( subsequently imprisoned in Long Kesh ) they became a legend , so much so that the RUC took the unprecedented step of issuing ' wanted ' posters ...
Contents
The Origins of the IRA | 3 |
Dilemmas of Violence and Politics | 38 |
The Triumph of Fianna Fail | 64 |
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