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Donna Maguire (born c. 1967 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland [1]) is a former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) once described as Europe's most dangerous woman. [1] A former convent girl from Newry, Maguire joined the IRA and, according to The Independent newspaper, was trained by Dessie Grew.
The IRA receives another batch of M16 and AR-15 rifles from the Harrison network. [6] In 1973 the IRA receives another consignment of arms from Libya but the arms are intercepted on board the Claudia by members of the Gardaí. Leading IRA man Joe Cahill and others arrested. The shipment consisted of 250 AK-47 rifles and other materiel.
FN CAL rifle used in killing of IPLO member in Newry in 1991 linked to 1985 attacks on British Army helicopters in South Armagh. [42] [43] The IRA reported using "Cal semi-automatic rifles" in an attack in north Antrim in 1985 [44] and in Belfast in 1987. [45] FN FNC: 5.56×45mm NATO: Assault rifle Belgium
A former IRA bomber escapes from prison and begins a campaign targeting members of the Boston police's bomb squad. [57] 1994 Patriots: Frank Kerr An Irish-American girl in Boston, whose grandfather fought the Black and Tans, is persuaded to travel to Ireland to help the IRA. Unbeknownst to her, her recruiter is a double agent for the British ...
Bridget Rose Dugdale (25 March 1941 – 18 March 2024) was an English debutante who rebelled against her wealthy upbringing, becoming a volunteer in the militant Irish republican organisation, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). [1]
Patricia Black or Patricia Black-Donnelly [1] (28 November 1972 – 15 November 1991) was a Volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). She was killed in St Albans in 1991 when a bomb she was carrying exploded prematurely. Born in West Belfast, her family were ignorant of her republican involvement.
Jean McConville (née Murray; 7 May 1934 – 1 December 1972) [1] was a woman from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who was kidnapped and murdered by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and secretly buried in County Louth in the Republic of Ireland in 1972 after being falsely accused by the IRA of passing information to British forces. [2] [3]
Annette McGavigan (1 June 1957 – 6 September 1971) was a 14-year-old girl fatally wounded by a gunshot in crossfire between British soldiers and the IRA on 6 September 1971. [1] McGavigan's family has claimed that the bullet which killed her was fired by a British soldier. [2]