When the british Government applied the counterinsurgency tactics it developed in the colonies to political violence in the 1970s during "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland, legal problems arose. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) claimed it was at war. Was it? And if so, what rights could the ...
The conflict in Northern Ireland has been discussed continually over the past few decades. Ever since the beginning of the “Troubles,” organizations have been scavenging to find a plan that will cease the violence. Throughout my research for this project, the questions of what are the main ...
“He was also known as the last viceroy of India, who had overseen its partition. He was therefore a very prominent public figure, but a retired man of 79, who played no role in the British security forces in Northern Ireland, and who regularly holidayed in Ireland, could not be ...
The aftermath of an IRA bomb in London, March 1973The violence of the Troubles was not confined to Northern Ireland. In the 1970s, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) began bombing military and civilian targets in England. The ‘mainland campaign’, as this strategy became known, had...
Noun1.Provisional IRA- a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland IRA,Irish Republican Army,Provisional Irish Republican Army,Provos ...
In Loving Memory Of My Dear Son Peter McCarthy 207 Clonard Road, Crumlin B Company, 4 Battalion, Dublin Brigade, IRA Who Gave His Life For The Republic of Ireland On The 15th June 1937, Aged 20 Do chum Glóire Dé agus Ónóra na hÉireann [For the Glory of God and the Honour...
3.As Protestants were the majority of the province, they controlled the local ___, and used that power to support their economic and social ___ in the area. Therefore Catholics in Northern Ireland began ___ movement in the 1960s, campaigning for ___. 4.The ___ IRA believed that they...
IN THE 1970s, the Cold War was barely beyond the permafrost and there appeared to be no end in sight to the bloody attrition of Northern Ireland. Britain had retreated from east of Suez but still hankered after gunboat diplomacy. The Royal Family was yet to become a soap opera but footba...
There has been much written on the Bloody Sunday Massacre and Northern Ireland during the late-1960s to early-1970s period. Many of the works focus on the role of the IRA in the struggle against Great Britain throughout the 20th century ... Campbell,James 被引量: 0发表: 2013年 ...
O'Callaghan joined the IRA in the mid-1970s. By the end of the decade, he had turned informer and started providing information to the Gardaí. He was close friends with historian and author Ruth Dudley Edwards. She paid tribute.