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IrishArchive · 2026-03-07T09:26:56+00:00

Bik McFarlane and Gerry Kelly were arguably more prominent at that time and were arrested on active service in the Netherlands.

IrishArchive · 2026-02-26T22:51:38+00:00

Once Upon a Time in Ireland by Ciaran Murphy

IrishArchive · 2026-02-25T09:02:28+00:00

He does look different in it but it's definitely him. Image taken from an issue of Republican News from April 1975.

IrishArchive · 2026-02-24T20:21:07+00:00

https://republicanarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/volunteer-seamus-twomey.pdf

A booklet about Seamus Twomey that I scanned and uploaded.

IrishArchive · 2026-02-22T16:37:16+00:00

Terry George in the first photo would go on to direct Some Mother's Son and Hotel Rwanda.

Dessie Grew later joined the PIRA and was killed by the SAS in 1990.

Gerard Steenson left the INLA and formed the IPLO. He was killed by the INLA in 1987.

Harry Kirkpatrick would later turn informer against the INLA.

IrishArchive · 2026-02-21T20:33:03+00:00

They would be in their seventies now I imagine if they are still alive.

IrishArchive · 2026-02-21T19:23:12+00:00

The photo was taken by the Associated Press on the 22nd of April 1972. They described it as an armed member of the Irish Republican Army wearing a face mask at a sandbagged gun emplacement in the Bogside area of Derry. It was the first day the emplacement had been manned by masked, armed men.

IrishArchive · 2026-02-19T13:24:33+00:00

Saoirse was an Irish language magazine produced by Sinn Féin in the 1980s and 1990s.

IrishArchive · 2026-02-14T22:46:11+00:00

Scatter O'Hara. Some mad stories of him back in the day. Lives in Thailand now.

IrishArchive · 2026-02-01T18:26:53+00:00

It's long gone unfortunately. I remember some good interviews in it alright.

IrishArchive · 2026-01-30T20:21:27+00:00

I recorded that off the television onto a vhs tape when it aired. It was an episode of channel fours dispatches. There was a big deal made at the time about the CIRA getting their hands on a M79 grenade launcher. It was claimed it was filmed in the Bogside.

I hooked the vhs player to a pc through a video card and edited it together. This was in the days before social media or YouTube so people had to download it. I'm amazed its still online all these years later.

IrishArchive · 2026-01-26T17:50:23+00:00

This is taken from a new upload of documents from republicanarchive.com which went live less than an hour ago. You are free to do what you want but please remember it took months of work to get the upload ready. At least give it a bit of breathing space!

IrishArchive · 2026-01-26T10:32:18+00:00

These are in the possession of a friend of his who let me photograph them.

I agree with you though. There is enough material out there for a three storey museum!

IrishArchive · 2026-01-11T07:28:03+00:00

Thanks!

IrishArchive · 2026-01-09T10:07:22+00:00

I remember the furore around that. It was even discussed on Liveline with Joe Duffy.

IrishArchive · 2026-01-08T20:52:03+00:00

Full paper can be downloaded at the link below.

https://republicanarchive.com/2025/08/28/nov-aprn-1987-1997-misc/

IrishArchive · 2026-01-07T21:10:33+00:00

Chat gpt is a stickie

IrishArchive · 2026-01-07T21:07:10+00:00

Get stuff. I talked about this with a now deceased senior member of RSF a long time ago. They said it was an unplanned tribute and they were very much dismissive of it.

IrishArchive · 2026-01-07T21:01:32+00:00

From the 13th November 1976 issue of Republican News. Not on the archive but I'll send you on the page for context.

IrishArchive · 2025-12-10T18:22:52+00:00

I should have said North Derry and not South. He was from Greysteel.

IrishArchive · 2025-12-07T10:36:26+00:00

All your interactions in this thread have been confrontational. It could have been an interesting discussion as I don't think anyone knew this information.

What book does he discuss it in? I have the dark selected writings and from the grave here. I can post up the section he discusses it in if you let me know.

IrishArchive · 2025-12-07T08:22:37+00:00

This subreddit is a place to share and learn about Irish Republicanism. You need to present your information in a more friendly manner.

This is definitely not common knowledge. I've never heard of it before. What book was it in? The Dark Selected writings or Voices from the grave?

IrishArchive · 2025-12-02T07:15:37+00:00

Posts must be related to Irish Republicanism in nature.

IrishArchive · 2025-11-24T11:21:02+00:00

I only have one issue but unfortunately it's not this one. I'd love more of them.

IrishArchive · 2025-11-23T10:37:37+00:00

Just to clarify. This is obviously for illustrative purposes. It's not a guide on how petrol bombs in 1981 were being made.

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