IRA

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1969: Not long after the Troubles in Ireland began,...

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1969

Not long after the Troubles in Ireland began, the Irish Republican Army split and the Official IRA and the Provisional IRA were born.
Finn, Daniel. “Ahead of the Game”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 19, 7 Oct. 2010, pp. 38-9.
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5 May 1981: Bobby Sands, a member of the Provisional...

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5 May 1981

Bobby Sands , a member of the Provisional IRA , died in the Maze Prison near Belfast, where for two months he had been leading his final hunger strike.
“1981: Bobby Sands dies in prison”. BBC On this day.

Summer 1981: In this bad season for Northern Ireland,...

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Summer 1981

In this bad season for Northern Ireland, the perceived intransigence of Margaret Thatcher 's British government helped the IRA to increase its support.
Gearty, Conor. “An Escalation of Reasonableness”. London Review of Books, 6 Sept. 2001, pp. 18-21.
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11 May 1992: The sentence for terrorist killing which...

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11 May 1992

The sentence for terrorist killing which had kept Judith Ward in prison for eighteen years was overturned on appeal.
“1974: M62 bomber jailed for life”. BBC News: On This Day. 4 November, 4 Nov. 1974.

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