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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... took place at Soloheadbeag , Co. Tipperary , on the day the first Dail met . A number of volunteers , led by Sean Treacy and Dan Breen , decided to strike a blow for Ireland and shot two policemen dead in a hold - up for gelignite . The ...
... took place at Soloheadbeag , Co. Tipperary , on the day the first Dail met . A number of volunteers , led by Sean Treacy and Dan Breen , decided to strike a blow for Ireland and shot two policemen dead in a hold - up for gelignite . The ...
Page 193
... took place , there would be a march on the border . As Mrs Clarke was a Fianna Fail senator and a former lord mayor of Dublin , White became enraged at what he considered hypo- critical rabble - rousing and he called out , ' What about ...
... took place , there would be a march on the border . As Mrs Clarke was a Fianna Fail senator and a former lord mayor of Dublin , White became enraged at what he considered hypo- critical rabble - rousing and he called out , ' What about ...
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... took off safely for Dublin . The incident was in a way typical of the IRA attitude : concern for a captured comrade , great daring and ingenuity , and a wasteful expen- diture of money , energy and potentiality of personnel . The episode ...
... took off safely for Dublin . The incident was in a way typical of the IRA attitude : concern for a captured comrade , great daring and ingenuity , and a wasteful expen- diture of money , energy and potentiality of personnel . The episode ...
Contents
The Origins of the IRA | 3 |
Dilemmas of Violence and Politics | 38 |
The Triumph of Fianna Fail | 64 |
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