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Richard Barrett (1899–1922), Irish Republican officer who was executed by the Free State during the following Civil War. Kevin Barry (1902–1920) Tom Barry (1897–1980), a prominent figure on the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. Although fighting with Anti-Treaty forces, he was briefly ...
a. ^ Some noted Irish and British historians, including Ed Moloney, author of A Secret History of the IRA, have claimed that Gerry Adams has been part of the IRA leadership. Adams has always denied IRA membership, let alone being chief of staff. [46] b. ^ Although he admitted in his lifetime to IRA membership, he denied ever being Chief of Staff
In J. Bowyer Bell's book The Secret Army, [18] Bell states that Dominic was a senior figure in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) of the mid-1940s. Gerry Adams Sr. joined the IRA at age 16. In 1942, he participated in an IRA ambush on a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) patrol but was shot, arrested and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. [15]
Brendan Hughes (June 1948 – 16 February 2008) was a leading Irish republican and former Officer Commanding (OC) of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). [1] Also known as 'The Dark', [ 2 ] and 'Darkie', [ 3 ] he was the leader of the 1980 Irish hunger strike .
Provisional Irish Republican Army [78] [79] [80] Eamon Collins [79] Former member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army: Doran's Hill, Newry: 27 January 1999 Charles Bennett [80] Irish murder victim. Belfast: 30 July 1999 Matthew Burns [81] Irish murder victim, alleged drug dealer. [82] Castlewellan, County Down. 21 February 2002 Real Irish ...
M. Proinsias Mac Airt; Breandán Mac Cionnaith; Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde; Seán Mac Stíofáin; Joseph MacManus; Patrick Magee (Irish republican) Paul Magee
The IRA had waged a terrorist campaign against the British establishment for years and the royal family was rocked when republicans murdered the Queen’s second cousin, Lord Mountbatten, in 1979.
Kevin McKenna (Irish: Caoimhín Mac Cionnaith; 25 June 1945 – 25 June 2019) was an Irish republican and volunteer in the Tyrone Brigade and Chief of Staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). [1] McKenna, a guarded, reclusive figure, was the longest-serving chief of staff of the IRA, serving from 1983 to 1997. [2]