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Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader‚ the Minister for Finance‚ and the Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South in the First Dáil of 1919. He also became the director of Intelligence for the IRA and was a member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. He was also the Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-chief of the National Army after the treaty negotiations. Michael Collins‚ the film‚ was very interesting when it came to portraying the British Empire. Although
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How far was the 1981 hunger strike successful in achieving democratic status for the Irish Republican Movement? Robert Kee argues that the 1981 hunger strike failed to achieve democratic status for the Irish Republican Movement‚ because of the British government refusing the strikers’ demands‚ which Eric Black states caused ten deaths. David Beresford supports this view by arguing that the refusal was due to the then Prime Minister‚ Margaret Thatcher’s‚ political ideology. In contrast‚ Paul Wilkinson
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men led by Pearse seized control of the Dublin post office and other strategic points within the city. Shortly after these initial successes‚ the leaders of the rebellion proclaimed the Independence of Ireland and announced the establishment of a provisional government of the Irish Republic. Additional positions were occupied by the rebels during the night‚ and by the morning of April 25 they controlled a considerable part of Dublin. The counteroffensive by British forces began on Tuesday with the arrival
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Laws Name: Irish Republican Army (IRA) (Irish name: Oglaigh na hEireann) The name IRA has been in use since the organization was founded in 1921. From 1969 through 1997‚ the IRA splintered into a number of organizations‚ all called the IRA. They included: the Official IRA (OIRA) the Provisional IRA(PIRA) the Real IRA (RIRA)‚and Continuity IRA (CIRA). The association of the IRA with terrorism comes from the paramilitary activities of the Provisional IRA‚ which is
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accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State‚ an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire. The conflict was waged between two opposing groups of Irish nationalists over the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The forces of the "Provisional Government" supported the Treaty‚ while the Republican opposition saw it as a betrayal of the Irish Republic . Many of those who fought in the conflict had been members of the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence. The Civil War
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Bomb disposal is the process by which hazardous explosive devices are rendered safe. Bomb disposal is an all encompassing term to describe the separate‚ but interrelated functions in the military fields of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD)‚ and the public safety roles of Public Safety Bomb Disposal (PSBD) and the Bomb Squad. Many shells‚ bombs and munitions fail to explode‚ leaving them around the battlefield after the fighting is
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British. Through his involvement with the IRB and the Irish Volunteers‚ Michael Collins became part of the new group‚ the Irish Republican Army. The IRA was a political army for it was defending Ireland’s right to have a separate parliament from England. This piece of information‚ that the IRA was a political army can be argued over whether the IRA was a terrorist organisation or a group of freedom fighters. Freedom Fighters can be described as people who take part in armed rebellion against the
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Movement . Retrieved 8 11‚ 2012‚ from BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1371998.stm Bickerton‚ I Coogan‚ T. (1993). The IRA. London: HarperCollins Publishers. Cullen‚ K. (1998). The IRA and Sinn Fein. Retrieved 8 16‚ 2012‚ from Frontline: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/reports/america.html Cunliffe‚ B Flynn‚ B. (2009). Soldiers of Folly: The IRA Border Campaign. Athenaeum Press Limited. Grant‚ R. (2001). Conflict in Northern Ireland. London: Hodder Wayland . Hall‚ M. M.
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References: Bowen‚ G. L. (2011). Mary Baldwin College. Retrieved from http://www.mbc.edu/faculty/gbowen/russianRevo.htm Gregory‚ K. (2010). Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved from http://www.cfr.org/terrorist-organizations/provisional-irish-republican-army-ira-aka-pira-provos-glaigh-na-hireann-uk-separatists/p9240 Hanson‚ S. (2009). Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved from http://www.cfr.org/colombia/farc-eln-colombias-left-wing-guerrillas/p9272 Porteus‚ L. (2006). Fox News. Retrieved
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