The Irish gunrunners of Philadelphia who ferried rifles to the IRA
By 1972, Cahalane was also one of the Irish Republican Army’s most successful international gunrunners, ferrying rifles and ...
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There’s a Hidden History of US Support for Irish Republicans
The Irish Northern Aid Committee — Noraid, as it was generally known — was accused of involvement in various activities to ...
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New Book Reveals Conspiracy to Smuggle Weapons from Philadelphia to Irish Republican Army
The Next One Is For You, a new book by New York Times reporter Ali Watkins, reveals a conspiracy to smuggle weapons from ...
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Philly gun smugglers helped the Irish Republican Army during the Troubles. A new book uncovers their operation.
Her family guessed he had fled over involvement with the Irish Republican Army. But she didn't know much more, and neither, it seemed, did anyone else. MORE: Teen romance book by Bucks County ...
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The Secret Army: the IRA propaganda film forgotten for almost 50 years
A new BBC documentary tells how in 1972 the Irish Republican Army (IRA) allowed an American TV crew to film the inner workings of "Europe’s deadliest guerrilla force". It's "The Troubles meets a ...
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Irish Republican Army
Irish Republican Army This topic contains articles relating to the original IRA from the time of the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921). It also covers later paramilitary organisations that ...
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On This Day: Bobby Sands, an IRA prisioner began his history altering hunger stricke
On March 1, 1981, Bobby Sands, an Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner in Long Kesh, began a hunger strike that would ultimately claim his life 66 days later. His death, along with those of nine ...