Provisional Irish Republican Army - Revision history

Tom Griffin: Category:State Violence and Collusion Project

2012-09-03T15:46:12Z

Category:State Violence and Collusion Project

David: moved Provisional IRA to Provisional Irish Republican Army

2011-07-09T09:02:31Z

moved Provisional IRA to Provisional Irish Republican Army

Tom Griffin: added details/ref on initial strategy

2010-10-21T20:47:53Z

added details/ref on initial strategy

David at 17:00, 21 November 2009

2009-11-21T17:00:29Z

Tom Griffin: typo

2009-11-21T13:39:01Z

typo

Tom Griffin: started a page

2009-11-21T13:38:31Z

started a page

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The [[Provisional IRA]] emerged from the split in the [[Irish Republican army]] in 1969-1970 out of the faction which supported the traditional republican commitment to parliamentary abstentionism. Its political counterpart was initially known as [[Provisional Sinn Féin]].<ref>W.D. Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.227.</ref> [[Sean McStiofain]] was the Provisionals' first chief of staff.<ref>Patrick Bishop and Eamonn Mallie, The Provisional IRA, Corgi, 1988, p.137.</ref>

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−	The [[Provisional IRA]] emerged from the split in the [[Irish Republican Army]] in 1969-1970 out of the faction which supported the traditional republican commitment to parliamentary abstentionism~~. Its immediate policy priority was the defence of the nationalist ghettoes from attack by loyalists and the police~~. Its political counterpart was initially known as [[Provisional Sinn Féin]].<ref>W.D. Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.227.</ref> [[Sean McStiofain]] was the Provisionals' first chief of staff.<ref>Patrick Bishop and Eamonn Mallie, The Provisional IRA, Corgi, 1988, p.137.</ref>	+	The [[Provisional IRA]] emerged from the split in the [[Irish Republican Army]] in 1969-1970 out of the faction which supported the traditional republican commitment to parliamentary abstentionism. Its political counterpart was initially known as [[Provisional Sinn Féin]].<ref>W.D. Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.227.</ref> [[Sean McStiofain]] was the Provisionals' first chief of staff.<ref>Patrick Bishop and Eamonn Mallie, The Provisional IRA, Corgi, 1988, p.137.</ref> According to MacStiofan, the Provisionals initial strategy in early 1970 was based on three phases, with the first focused on defending nationalist areas from renewed attacks by loyalists and the security forces. This was to be followed by a second phase of combined defence and retaliation, and a third phase of all out offensive action.<ref>Patrick Bishop and Eamonn Mallie, The Provisional IRA, Corgi, 1988, pp.139-140.</ref>

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−	The [[Provisional IRA]] emerged from the split in the [[Irish Republican Army]] in 1969-1970 out of the faction which supported the traditional republican commitment to parliamentary abstentionism. Its political counterpart was initially known as [[Provisional Sinn Féin]].<ref>W.D. Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.227.</ref> [[Sean McStiofain]] was the Provisionals' first chief of staff.<ref>Patrick Bishop and Eamonn Mallie, The Provisional IRA, Corgi, 1988, p.137.</ref>	+	The [[Provisional IRA]] emerged from the split in the [[Irish Republican Army]] in 1969-1970 out of the faction which supported the traditional republican commitment to parliamentary abstentionism. Its immediate policy priority was the defence of the nationalist ghettoes from attack by loyalists and the police. Its political counterpart was initially known as [[Provisional Sinn Féin]].<ref>W.D. Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.227.</ref> [[Sean McStiofain]] was the Provisionals' first chief of staff.<ref>Patrick Bishop and Eamonn Mallie, The Provisional IRA, Corgi, 1988, p.137.</ref>

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−	The [[Provisional IRA]] emerged from the split in the [[Irish Republican ~~army~~]] in 1969-1970 out of the faction which supported the traditional republican commitment to parliamentary abstentionism. Its political counterpart was initially known as [[Provisional Sinn Féin]].<ref>W.D. Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.227.</ref> [[Sean McStiofain]] was the Provisionals' first chief of staff.<ref>Patrick Bishop and Eamonn Mallie, The Provisional IRA, Corgi, 1988, p.137.</ref>	+	The [[Provisional IRA]] emerged from the split in the [[Irish Republican Army]] in 1969-1970 out of the faction which supported the traditional republican commitment to parliamentary abstentionism. Its political counterpart was initially known as [[Provisional Sinn Féin]].<ref>W.D. Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.227.</ref> [[Sean McStiofain]] was the Provisionals' first chief of staff.<ref>Patrick Bishop and Eamonn Mallie, The Provisional IRA, Corgi, 1988, p.137.</ref>

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