‘They asked for arms to defend themselves and we could not give them. They might shoot some of the English who were coming to beat them up’ - IRA veteran’s anger …
The revulsion of IRA veterans from the Republic of Ireland who had fought during the War of Independence about the treatment ...
Provos bombing people “into the arms of Paisley” - On This Day in 1975
Deputy leader of the Alliance Party Mr Bob Cooper claimed that Paisley’s growth had been in direct proportion to Provisional ...
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Man extradited from Irish Republic over 1979 murder
Joseph James Porter, a part-time soldier with the Ulster Defence Regiment, was shot dead in Mountnorris in June 1979. The 67-year-old man was arrested in the Republic of Ireland on June 24 2024 on ...
James Craig’s ‘border election’ 100 years ago and how nationalists came to terms with the new northern state
For nationalists in Belfast and east Ulster, there had been much debate since 1921 about whether (or not) to accept the ...