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Joe Cahill (Irish: Seosamh Ó Cathail; [1] 19 May 1920 – 23 July 2004) was a prominent figure in the Irish republican movement in Northern Ireland and former chief of staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). [2] He joined a junior-republican movement, Na Fianna Eireann, in 1937 and the following year, joined the Irish Republican ...
Joe Cahill: November 1972 March 1973 [36] Seamus Twomey (1st time) March 1973 June 1973 [36] Éamonn O'Doherty: June 1973 June/July 1974 [37] Seamus Twomey (2nd time) June/July 1974 December 1977 [36]
Joe Cahill acted as the contact between NORAID and Harrison, and almost all of the smuggled guns went through the network run by the latter. [7] In 1971, the RUC had already seized 700 modern weapons from the IRA, along with two tonnes of high explosive and 157,000 rounds of ammunition, most of which were manufactured in the United States. [8]
The Dixies was an Irish showband based in Cork, which performed and toured for over 40 years from its inception in 1954 until the late 1990s. [1]Formed in 1954 as "The Dixielanders" the band originally featured Joe McCarthy (drums), Sean Lucey (clarinet) and Theo Cahill (classical flute, trombone, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, and full arrangement).
Tom Cahill the son of Joe Cahill was injured in the attack. [11] 22 May 1971 - The first British soldier to die at the hands of the Official IRA, Robert Bankier of the Royal Green Jackets was killed by a unit led by Joe McCann. McCann's unit opened fire on a passing British mobile patrol near Cromac Square, hitting the patrol from both sides.
Joe Cahill (1920–2004), Irish republican and IRA leader; John Cahill (footballer) (born 1940), Australian rules football player and coach; John Baptist Cahill (1841–1910), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth; John T. Cahill (lawyer) (1903–66), American lawyer and prosecutor; Joseph Cahill (1891–1959), Australian politician ...
The Belfast Brigade of the Provisional IRA was the largest of the organisation's brigades, based in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland.. The nucleus of the Belfast Brigade emerged in the divisions within Belfast republicans in the closing months of 1969, and was formally established in January 1970 as the structures of the new dissident group were created after splitting from the Official IRA.
Éire Nua, or "New Ireland", was a proposal supported by the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin during the 1970s and early 1980s for a federal United Ireland.The proposal was particularly associated with the Dublin-based leadership group centred on Ruairí Ó Brádaigh and Dáithí Ó Conaill, who were the authors of the policy.