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Proinsias MacAirt (English: Frank Card) (1922 – 8 January 1992) was an Irish republican activist and long-serving member of the Irish Republican Army. [1]

43 relations: Anthony Farrar-Hockley, Belfast, Billy McKee, Border Campaign (Irish Republican Army), Brendan Hughes, British Army, Cumann, Danny Morrison (Irish republican), Explosive Substances Act 1883, Falls Road, Belfast, Feakle, Fianna Éireann, Gerry Adams, Gusty Spence, HM Prison Crumlin Road, Internment, Irish National Liberation Army, Irish Republican Army, Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), Irish republicanism, James Connolly, James Craig (loyalist), Jimmy Steele (republican), Leo Martin, Michael Oatley, Military parade, Ned McCreery, Official Irish Republican Army, Patrick Pearse, Penguin Books, Protestantism, Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Republican News, Roy Garland, Seán Caughey, Shankill Road, Sinn Féin, Tim Pat Coogan, Tom Hartley, Ulster Defence Association, Ulster loyalism, Ulster Volunteer Force.

Anthony Farrar-Hockley

General Sir Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley, (8 April 1924 – 11 March 2006), affectionately known as 'Farrar the Para', was a British Army officer and a military historian who distinguished himself in a number of British conflicts.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Billy McKee

Billy McKee (Liam Mac Aoidh; born 1921) is an Irish republican and a founding member and former leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA).

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Border Campaign (Irish Republican Army)

The Border Campaign (12 December 1956 – 26 February 1962) was a guerrilla warfare campaign (codenamed Operation Harvest) carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) against targets in Northern Ireland, with the aim of overthrowing British rule there and creating a united Ireland.

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Brendan Hughes

Brendan Hughes (16 October 1948 – 16 February 2008), also known as "The Dark", and "Darkie" was a leading Irish republican and former Officer Commanding (OC) of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Cumann

A cumann (Irish for association; plural cumainn) is the lowest local unit or branch of a number of Irish political parties.

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Danny Morrison (Irish republican)

Daniel Gerard Morrison (born 9 January 1953), known generally as Danny Morrison, is a former IRA volunteer, Irish author and activist who played a crucial role in public events during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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Explosive Substances Act 1883

The Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Falls Road, Belfast

The Falls Road is the main road through west Belfast, Northern Ireland, running from Divis Street in Belfast city centre to Andersonstown in the suburbs.

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Feakle

Feakle (historically Feakell and Fiakil, from) is a village in County Clare, Ireland, in a civil parish and Roman Catholic parish of the same name.

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Fianna Éireann

Na Fianna Éireann (The Fianna of Ireland), known as the Fianna, is an Irish nationalist youth organisation founded by Bulmer Hobson and Constance Markievicz in 1909.

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Gerry Adams

Gerard Adams (Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician who was the Leader of the Sinn Féin political party between 13 November 1983 and 10 February 2018, and has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth since the 2011 general election.

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Gusty Spence

Augustus Andrew "Gusty" Spence (28 June 1933. Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 5 April 2011. – 25 September 2011) was a leader of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and a leading loyalist politician in Northern Ireland.

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HM Prison Crumlin Road

HMP Belfast, also known as Crumlin Road Gaol, is a former prison situated on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Internment

Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges, and thus no trial.

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Irish National Liberation Army

The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA, Arm Saoirse Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group formed on 10 December 1974, during "the Troubles".

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Irish Republican Army

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is any of several paramilitary movements in Ireland in the 20th and 21st centuries dedicated to Irish republicanism, the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.

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Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)

The original Irish Republican Army (IRA) fought a guerrilla war against British rule in Ireland in the Irish War of Independence between 1919 and 1921.

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Irish republicanism

Irish republicanism (poblachtánachas Éireannach) is an ideology based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.

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James Connolly

James Connolly (Séamas Ó Conghaile; 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican and socialist leader.

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James Craig (loyalist)

James Pratt Craig (17 November 1941 – 15 October 1988) was an Ulster loyalist paramilitary during the paramilitary war in Ulster in the latter half of the 20th Century, who was a member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), and was a command member of its Inner Council.

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Jimmy Steele (republican)

Jimmy Steele (8 August 1907 – 9 August 1970) was an Irish republican and Irish Republican Army (IRA) member born in Belfast, Ireland.

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Leo Martin

Leo Martin (Лео Мартин, born on 6 March 1942) is Serbian and former Yugoslav pop singer and model.

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Michael Oatley

Michael Oatley (born 1935) is a former Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) officer, involved in the resolution of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland.

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Military parade

A military parade is a formation of soldiers whose movement is restricted by close-order manouvering known as drilling or marching.

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Ned McCreery

Edward "Ned" McCreery (c. 1945 – 15 April 1992) was a Northern Irish loyalist.

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Official Irish Republican Army

The Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA (OIRA) was an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a "workers' republic" encompassing all of Ireland.

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Patrick Pearse

Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse; Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais; An Piarsach; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a British publishing house.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade

The Belfast Brigade of the Provisional IRA was the largest of the organisation's command areas, based in the city of Belfast.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA or Provisional IRA) was an Irish republican revolutionary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate the reunification of Ireland and bring about an independent socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland.

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Republican News

Republican News was a longstanding newspaper/magazine published by Sinn Féin.

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Roy Garland

Roy Garland is a newspaper columnist for the nationalist Irish News and a member of the Ulster Unionist Party.

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Seán Caughey

Seán Caughey (Seán Mac Eochaidhhttp://sean1925.tripod.com/irishhighkingship/) (died 18 July 2010) was an Irish republican, and later a monarchist and activist.

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Shankill Road

The Shankill Road is one of the main roads leading through west Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.

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Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin (isbn) is a left-wing Irish republican political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Tim Pat Coogan

Timothy Patrick "Tim Pat" Coogan (born 22 April 1935) is an Irish historian, writer, broadcaster and newspaper columnist.

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Tom Hartley

Tom Hartley (born 1945 or 1946) is a historian and Irish republican politician.

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Ulster Defence Association

The Ulster Defence Association (abbreviated UDA) is the largest Ulster loyalist paramilitary and vigilante group in Northern Ireland.

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Ulster loyalism

Ulster loyalism is a political ideology found primarily among working class Ulster Protestants in Northern Ireland, whose status as a part of the United Kingdom has remained controversial.

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Ulster Volunteer Force

The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proinsias_MacAirt

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