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fourth was statutory. Protesting prisoners automatically forfeited the three "privileged" visits, and their refusal to wear prison uniform even for visits meant they forfeited the fourth. This left one censored letter in and out of the prison each month as their only contact with the outside world, until after several months some prisoners compromised by agreeing to wear uniforms for visits to maintain contact with the paramilitary leaderships outside the prison.
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confined to their cells for twenty-four hours a day. The prison governor would order the protesting prisoners to wear uniforms every two weeks, and the prisoners refused. As a result of their refusal, they would receive three days "on the boards" where all furniture was removed from their cell, and they were served the "number one diet" consisting of tea without milk, watery soup and dry bread.
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uniform'. I said, 'You have got to be joking'. I was the only one in the H-Blocks. They dragged me into the cell. Davy Long wanted me to compromise. He suggested I wore my own shoes and trousers if I wore a prison shirt. I just laughed. He locked the door. I lay on the floor all night without mattress, blankets or anything else. The heat was reasonable in all fairness and I slept.
143:; for example, they did not have to wear prison uniforms or do prison work. In 1976, as part of the policy of "criminalisation", the British Government brought an end to Special Category Status for paramilitary prisoners in Northern Ireland. The policy was not introduced for existing prisoners, but for those convicted after 1 March 1976.
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save McKenna's life and end the strike after 53 days on 18 December. In
January 1981 it became clear that the prisoners' demands had not been conceded. On 4 February the prisoners issued a statement saying that the British government had failed to resolve the crisis and declared their intention of "hunger striking once more".
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After a 53-day hunger strike with McKenna lapsing in and out of a coma and on the brink of death, the government appeared to concede the essence of the prisoners' five demands with a 30-page document detailing a proposed settlement. With the document in transit to
Belfast, Hughes took the decision to
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The refusal to comply with prison rules carried a further punishment, the loss of remission which reduced a prisoner's sentence by fifty percent in exchange for good behaviour. Prisoners were entitled to four visits from friends or family each month, three were in exchange for good behaviour and the
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I was brought straight to the blocks. Cell 17, D wing H1 or 2. I was stripped and beaten. The screws who knew me said, 'We are the bosses now. There are no OCs here'. A screw said to me, 'What size are you in the waist and what size are you for shoes?' I asked him 'What for?' and he told me 'For a
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died on hunger strike (11 May 1946) in
Portlaoise Prison. McCaughey was demanding political status, refusing to wear prison clothes and was kept naked (except for a blanket) in solitary confinement for nearly five years. During the 20th century a total of 22 Irish Republicans died on hunger strike
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Fleming was released in November 1917. Fleming was rearrested in May 1918 and refused to wear prison uniforms which resulted in him being left naked and locked in his cell and (because he destroyed his cell) was restrained with a straight jacket. Fleming went on several long hunger strikes and
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asking them to begin assassinating prison officers, stating "we are prepared to die for political status. Those who try to take it away from us must be fully prepared to pay the same price". Outside the prison the IRA responded by shooting prison officer
Patrick Dillon in April 1976, the first of
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The end to
Special Category Status was a serious threat to the authority which the paramilitary leaderships inside prison had been able to exercise over their own men, as well as being a propaganda blow. The imminent withdrawal of Special Category Status caused relations between the prisoners and
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As a result of the IRA's assassination campaign against prison officers, relations between the prisoners and prison officers were tense. In March 1978 some prisoners refused to leave their cells to shower or use the lavatory because of attacks by prison officers, and were provided with wash-hand
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Other newly convicted prisoners joined the protest, and at first they were allowed to wear blankets during the exercise period but eventually they were ordered to leave the blankets in their cells. As prison rules required the prisoners to wear prison uniform when leaving their cells, they were
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in the compounds of Long Kesh during 1975, but was arrested in May 1976 and received a three-year sentence after being convicted of possessing weapons and hijacking a car. In 1985, Nugent gave an interview describing his arrival at the newly constructed H-Blocks at the prison complex:
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when 22 prisoners went on a "strip strike' for political status. Each morning every article (except a towel) was removed from each cell and the prisoners were left to sit on the floor until night time when the bedding was returned.
231:, Tom McFeeley, Sean McKenna, Leo Green, and INLA member John Nixon, began a hunger strike aimed at restoring political status for paramilitary prisoners by securing what were known as the "Five Demands":
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Nugent was given a blanket on the second day of his imprisonment, which he wore during an exercise period. Nugent only wore a prison uniform once, when his mother visited the prison. He told her:
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basins in their cells. The prisoners requested showers be installed in their cells and when this request was turned down they refused to use the wash-hand basins.
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In 1920 several hunger strikes (Mountjoy and Cork) were conducted by Irish
Republicans demanding political status, resulting in two deaths from starvation. In the
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You will not be seeing me for three years because to have a visit I have to wear uniform. If they want me to wear a uniform they'll have to nail it to my back.
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refused food, and by the time the strike ended on 3 October, ten men, including Sands, had starved to death. Two days later, the incoming
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finally was granted political prisoner status and transferred to
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The right to one visit, one letter and one parcel per week;
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refused to wear prison uniform. Nugent had previously been
342:, Collins Press, Cork, Ireland, pg 109, ISBN 9781848891166
574:"The Hunger Strike of 1981 – A Chronology of Main Events"
329:, Argenta Publications, Dublin, pg 459, ISBN 0951117246
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Full restoration of remission lost through the protest.
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Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America
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868:August 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election
135:by 40 IRA prisoners led by the veteran republican
858:April 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election
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16:Part of a five-year protest during the Troubles
291:, Anvil Books Ltd, Tralee, Ireland, pgs 32-33.
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32:was part of a five-year protest during
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3237:Irish People's Liberation Organisation
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545:Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA
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994:Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape
910:Provisional Irish Republican Army
38:Provisional Irish Republican Army
3324:Penal system in Northern Ireland
2614:Continuity Irish Republican Army
1489:Royal Artillery Barracks bombing
1029:Armalite and ballot box strategy
863:June 1981 Irish general election
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481:. New Island. pp. 103–104.
238:The right not to do prison work;
219:On 27 October 1980, IRA members
194:Dirty protest and hunger strikes
3319:The Troubles (Northern Ireland)
3242:Republican Socialist Collective
1277:British Airways bombing attempt
775:Political and religious figures
48:(also known as "Long Kesh") in
2983:Northern Ireland peace process
1700:Musgrave Park Hospital bombing
1049:Northern Ireland peace process
511:Provos The IRA & Sinn FĂ©in
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44:(INLA) prisoners held in the
3314:Protests in Northern Ireland
3021:Assassination of Airey Neave
1675:Downing Street mortar attack
1499:Ballygawley land mine attack
1247:Houses of Parliament bombing
989:Improvised tactical vehicles
7:
3232:Independent Socialist Party
3044:1994 Shankill Road killings
2732:William "Frenchie" Marchant
2583:Direct Action Against Drugs
2175:Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde
1882:1997 Northern Ireland riots
1705:Crumlin Road Prison bombing
1519:RUC Birches barracks attack
1362:Walton's Restaurant bombing
1302:Telephone exchange bombings
1162:Scottish soldiers' killings
807:Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
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2619:Real Irish Republican Army
1862:Hammersmith Bridge bombing
1563:Glamorgan barracks bombing
1357:Scott's Oyster Bar bombing
1307:1974 Oxford Street bombing
1287:London pillar box bombings
325:MacEoin, Uinseann (1997),
265:Northern Ireland Secretary
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1665:RFA Fort Victoria bombing
1630:Downpatrick roadside bomb
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1416:La Mon restaurant bombing
1172:Balmoral showroom bombing
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711:Participants who survived
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363:Beresford, David (1987).
94:1923 Irish hunger strikes
3283:Patrick Joseph Morrissey
3026:1982 Divis Flats bombing
2973:1981 Irish hunger strike
1823:1993 Fivemiletown ambush
1778:Night of the Long Knives
1558:1988 Netherlands attacks
1474:Chelsea Barracks bombing
1232:1973 Westminster bombing
1157:1970 Crossmaglen bombing
1019:1981 Irish hunger strike
623:1981 Irish hunger strike
475:O'Rawe, Richard (2005).
257:1981 Irish hunger strike
3049:Newtownhamilton bombing
2687:Christopher Ewart-Biggs
1867:OsnabrĂĽck mortar attack
1857:1996 Manchester bombing
1773:1992 Manchester bombing
1743:Baltic Exchange bombing
1573:Ballygawley bus bombing
1568:Inglis Barracks bombing
1382:West Ham station attack
1352:Trattoria Fiore bombing
1282:Birmingham pub bombings
1252:Tower of London bombing
1182:Donegall Street bombing
701:Northern Ireland portal
287:McGuffin, John (1973),
116:Special category status
62:Special Category Status
2637:Jeffery Stanford Agate
2170:Breandán Mac Cionnaith
1808:Finchley Road bombings
1635:Operation Conservation
1583:Clive Barracks bombing
1494:Brighton hotel bombing
1454:Dunmurry train bombing
1257:Guildford pub bombings
1187:Battle at Springmartin
1147:Battle of St Matthew's
1090:Internal Security Unit
371:Atlantic Monthly Press
259:began on 1 March when
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1818:Shankill Road bombing
1793:Cullaville occupation
1733:London Bridge bombing
1588:Deal barracks bombing
1469:1981 Bessbrook attack
1372:Balcombe Street siege
1342:London Hilton bombing
1332:Caterham Arms bombing
1267:Brooks's Club bombing
1262:Harrow School bombing
1207:Newry customs bombing
1054:Good Friday Agreement
630:Participants who died
516:Bloomsbury Publishing
338:Flynn, Barry (2011),
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56:prisoners' status as
3165:Martin "Rook" O'Prey
3031:Droppin Well bombing
2998:INLA Belfast Brigade
2370:Thomas "Slab" Murphy
2150:Patrick Joseph Kelly
1813:Battle of Newry Road
1783:1993 Harrods bombing
1660:Lichfield gun attack
1645:Carlton Club bombing
1640:1990 Wembley bombing
1367:Drummuckavall ambush
1337:Tullyvallen massacre
1272:Woolwich pub bombing
1120:Balcombe Street Gang
1110:South Armagh Brigade
1085:IRA Southern Command
1080:IRA Northern Command
552:. pp. 195–196.
518:. pp. 229–234.
301:Coogan, Tim (2002).
206:solitary confinement
3016:Central Bar bombing
2598:Troops Out Movement
2545:Freddie Scappaticci
1852:Aldwych bus bombing
1803:Bishopsgate bombing
1788:Warrington bombings
1748:Sussex Arms bombing
1738:Staples Cnr bombing
1685:Mullacreevie ambush
1625:South Armagh sniper
1578:Jonesborough ambush
1524:Rheindahlen bombing
1504:Newry mortar attack
1459:Lough Foyle attacks
1317:Mountainview attack
1292:Talbot Arms bombing
1217:Honey Trap killings
1115:East Tyrone Brigade
1095:Active service unit
959:Haughey arms crisis
451:The Provisional IRA
127:outside of Belfast.
58:political prisoners
3273:William McCullough
3251:Prominent killings
3140:Dominic McGlinchey
2928:Official Sinn FĂ©in
2727:Baroness Brabourne
2165:Proinsias Mac Airt
2100:John Francis Green
1539:Corporals killings
1509:Ballygawley attack
1464:Glasdrumman ambush
1426:Warrenpoint ambush
1421:Crossmaglen ambush
1392:Store bar shooting
1377:Kingsmill massacre
1347:Piccadilly bombing
1322:Bayardo Bar attack
1227:Coleraine bombings
1212:Old Bailey bombing
1192:Battle of Lenadoon
1044:Smithwick Tribunal
1034:Punishment attacks
1024:Maze Prison escape
717:Brendan McLaughlin
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2275:Brendan McFarlane
2245:Raymond McCartney
2185:Seán Mac StĂofáin
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1847:Docklands bombing
1842:Drumcree conflict
1593:Mayobridge attack
1534:Operation Flavius
1402:Garryhinch ambush
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787:Garret FitzGerald
782:Margaret Thatcher
340:Pawns in the Game
229:Raymond McCartney
101:Crumlin Road Gaol
78:Portlaoise Prison
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2405:Siobhán O'Hanlon
2395:Éamonn O'Doherty
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2330:Michael McKevitt
2325:Laurence McKeown
2265:SĂ©amus McElwaine
2255:Raymond McCreesh
2250:Martin McCaughey
1985:Carál NĂ ChuilĂn
1915:Martina Anderson
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1758:Coalisland riots
1529:Loughgall ambush
1436:Dungannon attack
1431:Brussels bombing
1177:Abercorn bombing
1167:Red Lion bombing
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316:
298:
292:
285:
149:IRA Army Council
141:prisoners of war
50:Northern Ireland
3339:
3338:
3334:
3333:
3332:
3330:
3329:
3328:
3304:
3303:
3302:
3297:
3246:
3220:
3204:
3185:Gerard Steenson
3105:Raymond Gilmour
3080:Seamus Costello
3053:
3002:
2993:Organized crime
2978:July 1997 riots
2953:Blanket protest
2911:
2902:
2872:
2867:
2815:Joseph Rafferty
2767:Stephen Melrose
2757:Columba McVeigh
2752:Jean McConville
2737:Martin McBirney
2652:Robert Bradford
2629:
2623:
2602:
2556:
2530:Raymond Gilmour
2515:Denis Donaldson
2500:
2494:
2340:Jackie McMullan
2310:Tommy McKearney
2295:John Joe McGirl
2240:Jennifer McCann
2180:Joseph MacManus
2110:George Harrison
2095:Michael Gaughan
2075:William Fleming
2070:Mairéad Farrell
1940:Charles Breslin
1898:
1886:
1753:Cloghoge attack
1723:Teebane bombing
1709:
1602:
1598:Derryard attack
1544:Lisburn bombing
1484:Harrods bombing
1440:
1397:Stag Inn attack
1387:Olympia bombing
1327:Forkhill attack
1297:Bristol bombing
1124:
1100:Belfast Brigade
1058:
999:Blanket protest
934:Republican News
924:Anti-Treaty IRA
912:
907:
877:
872:
848:Blanket protest
836:
797:Humphrey Atkins
792:Charles Haughey
770:
764:Gerard Hodgkins
749:Jackie McMullan
744:Patrick Sheehan
706:
699:
694:
692:
686:
625:
620:
590:
589:
579:
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388:
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361:
346:
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313:
299:
295:
286:
282:
277:
225:Tommy McKearney
202:
196:
118:
87:Mountjoy Prison
74:
30:blanket protest
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
3337:
3327:
3326:
3321:
3316:
3299:
3298:
3296:
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3290:
3285:
3280:
3275:
3270:
3265:
3260:
3258:Billy McMillen
3254:
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3127:
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3117:
3112:
3107:
3102:
3100:Gino Gallagher
3097:
3092:
3087:
3082:
3077:
3072:
3070:Ronnie Bunting
3067:
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3059:
3055:
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3004:
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3000:
2995:
2990:
2985:
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2975:
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2965:
2963:HM Prison Maze
2960:
2955:
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2945:
2940:
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2930:
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2913:
2912:
2901:
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2893:
2886:
2878:
2869:
2868:
2866:
2865:
2860:
2855:
2853:Stephen Tibble
2850:
2845:
2843:Norman Stronge
2840:
2835:
2830:
2825:
2823:Ray Smallwoods
2820:
2812:
2804:
2802:Robert Seymour
2799:
2794:
2789:
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2779:
2774:
2769:
2764:
2762:Ross McWhirter
2759:
2754:
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2729:
2724:
2722:Andrew Kearney
2719:
2717:Donald Kaberry
2714:
2709:
2704:
2702:Maurice Gibson
2699:
2694:
2689:
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2679:
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2642:Johnathan Ball
2639:
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2616:
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2608:
2604:
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2573:Fianna Éireann
2570:
2568:Cumann na mBan
2564:
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2402:
2400:Joe B. O'Hagan
2397:
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2372:
2367:
2362:
2360:Danny Morrison
2357:
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2335:Thomas McMahon
2332:
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2312:
2307:
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2297:
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2287:
2285:Gerry McGeough
2282:
2277:
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2270:Thomas McElwee
2267:
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2257:
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2237:
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2225:Pearse McAuley
2222:
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2197:
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2172:
2167:
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2157:
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2147:
2142:
2137:
2132:
2127:
2122:
2120:Francis Hughes
2117:
2115:Brendan Hughes
2112:
2107:
2102:
2097:
2092:
2087:
2082:
2080:Kieran Fleming
2077:
2072:
2067:
2062:
2057:
2052:
2047:
2045:Martin Doherty
2042:
2040:Kieran Doherty
2037:
2032:
2027:
2022:
2020:Gerard Davison
2017:
2012:
2010:Eddie Copeland
2007:
2002:
1997:
1992:
1990:Gabriel Cleary
1987:
1982:
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1972:
1967:
1965:Fergal Caraher
1962:
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1935:Patricia Black
1932:
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1920:Declan Arthurs
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1815:
1810:
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1800:
1798:Camden bombing
1795:
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1670:Proxy bombings
1667:
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1269:
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1254:
1249:
1244:
1242:Clogher attack
1239:
1234:
1229:
1224:
1219:
1214:
1209:
1204:
1202:Claudy bombing
1199:
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1189:
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1070:Chief of Staff
1066:
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1057:
1056:
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1036:
1031:
1026:
1021:
1016:
1011:
1009:HM Prison Maze
1006:
1001:
996:
991:
986:
984:Barrack buster
981:
976:
971:
966:
961:
956:
946:
944:The Green Book
941:
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844:
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824:
819:
817:Tomás Ó Fiaich
814:
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799:
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761:John Pickering
759:
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746:
741:
740:Liam McCloskey
738:
733:
728:
723:
718:
714:
712:
708:
707:
705:
704:
689:
687:
685:
684:
682:Michael Devine
679:
677:Thomas McElwee
674:
672:Kieran Doherty
669:
664:
659:
654:
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644:
642:Francis Hughes
639:
633:
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221:Brendan Hughes
198:Main article:
195:
192:
117:
114:
109:Seán McCaughey
73:
70:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
3336:
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3320:
3317:
3315:
3312:
3311:
3309:
3294:
3291:
3289:
3286:
3284:
3281:
3279:
3278:John McKeague
3276:
3274:
3271:
3269:
3266:
3264:
3261:
3259:
3256:
3255:
3253:
3249:
3243:
3240:
3238:
3235:
3233:
3230:
3229:
3227:
3223:
3217:
3214:
3213:
3211:
3207:
3201:
3200:Johnnie White
3198:
3196:
3193:
3191:
3188:
3186:
3183:
3181:
3178:
3176:
3173:
3171:
3168:
3166:
3163:
3161:
3160:Dessie O'Hare
3158:
3156:
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3148:
3146:
3143:
3141:
3138:
3136:
3133:
3131:
3128:
3126:
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3118:
3116:
3113:
3111:
3108:
3106:
3103:
3101:
3098:
3096:
3093:
3091:
3090:Mickey Devine
3088:
3086:
3083:
3081:
3078:
3076:
3073:
3071:
3068:
3066:
3063:
3062:
3060:
3058:Personalities
3056:
3050:
3047:
3045:
3042:
3037:
3034:
3032:
3029:
3027:
3024:
3022:
3019:
3017:
3014:
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3009:
3005:
2999:
2996:
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2991:
2989:
2986:
2984:
2981:
2979:
2976:
2974:
2971:
2969:
2966:
2964:
2961:
2959:
2958:Dirty protest
2956:
2954:
2951:
2949:
2946:
2944:
2941:
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2936:
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2929:
2926:
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2885:
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2876:
2864:
2861:
2859:
2856:
2854:
2851:
2849:
2848:Richard Sykes
2846:
2844:
2841:
2839:
2838:James Stronge
2836:
2834:
2831:
2829:
2826:
2824:
2821:
2816:
2813:
2808:
2805:
2803:
2800:
2798:
2795:
2793:
2790:
2788:
2787:Thomas Oliver
2785:
2783:
2782:Robert Nairac
2780:
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2775:
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2718:
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2713:
2710:
2708:
2705:
2703:
2700:
2698:
2695:
2693:
2692:Joseph Fenton
2690:
2688:
2685:
2683:
2680:
2678:
2677:Raymond Elder
2675:
2673:
2672:Eamon Collins
2670:
2668:
2667:Martin Cahill
2665:
2663:
2662:Matthew Burns
2660:
2658:
2655:
2653:
2650:
2648:
2647:Anthony Berry
2645:
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2528:
2526:
2523:
2521:
2520:Joseph Fenton
2518:
2516:
2513:
2511:
2510:Eamon Collins
2508:
2507:
2505:
2503:
2499:Espionage and
2497:
2491:
2488:
2486:
2483:
2481:
2480:Seamus Twomey
2478:
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2420:Dolours Price
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2403:
2401:
2398:
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2376:
2375:Kieran Nugent
2373:
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2363:
2361:
2358:
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2355:Arthur Morgan
2353:
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2345:Martin Meehan
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2260:Joe McDonnell
2258:
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2230:Daniel McCann
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2200:Donna Maguire
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2190:Patrick Magee
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2125:Martin Hurson
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2923:The Troubles
2777:Lenny Murphy
2742:Jerry McCabe
2712:Heidi Hazell
2682:Gerard Evans
2593:Clan na Gael
2548:(allegedly "
2525:Kevin Fulton
2502:Supergrasses
2490:SĂ©anna Walsh
2475:Gerard Tuite
2470:Bobby Storey
2465:Jimmy Steele
2425:Marian Price
2365:Conor Murphy
2210:Paul Marlowe
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2060:Rose Dugdale
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2015:Marion Coyle
1995:Peter Cleary
1980:Gerard Casey
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3135:Kevin Lynch
3120:Seamus Grew
3115:Dessie Grew
3085:Miriam Daly
3065:Jimmy Brown
2833:Nick Spanos
2828:Sammy Smyth
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2607:Derivatives
2460:Frank Stagg
2455:Pat Sheehan
2450:Seán Savage
2445:Bobby Sands
2435:Paddy Quinn
2410:Rita O'Hare
2315:Billy McKee
2290:Pat McGeown
2280:Tom McFeely
2220:Alex Maskey
2140:Gerry Kelly
2105:Dessie Grew
2085:Bernard Fox
2055:Colin Duffy
2050:Pat Doherty
2035:Joe Doherty
2025:Matt Devlin
1975:Owen Carron
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1616:Derrygorry
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667:Kevin Lynch
637:Bobby Sands
404:1 September
289:Internment!
269:James Prior
261:Bobby Sands
137:Billy McKee
125:Maze prison
82:Thomas Ashe
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3308:Categories
3209:Associates
3195:Sammy Ward
2858:Sammy Ward
2797:Paul Quinn
2657:Joe Bratty
2561:Associates
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2430:Liam Quinn
2385:Ed O'Brien
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2215:Leo Martin
2195:Paul Magee
2160:Jim Lynagh
2155:Sean Kelly
2145:John Kelly
2000:Kevin Coen
1955:Joe Cahill
841:Key events
832:John Magee
827:Denis Faul
822:Basil Hume
478:Blanketmen
275:References
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3180:Mary Reid
2792:Tim Parry
2697:Billy Fox
2628:Prominent
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2350:Ian Milne
1930:Ivor Bell
1715:1992–1997
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1553:shootdown
1446:1980–1989
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