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These are among the surprising views expressed by a number of former hard men of republicanism, interviewed by The Irish Times for their unique insights into the thorny issues of Brexit and Northern Irelands future. We are an unruly people, and if there is an opportunity to be unruly again we will take it, but it will not be violence. The device exploded while he was driving on Carrydarragh road, near Moneymore, County Londonderry, on 31 May 1993, just a few miles from Cookstown. In April 1987 the brigade shot and killed Harold Henry, one of the main building contractors to the security forces in Northern Ireland. [24], According to journalist Ed Moloney, Michael "Pete" Ryan, an alleged top Brigade's member, was the commander of the IRA flying column that attacked a permanent checkpoint at Derryard, County Fermanagh, on 13 December 1989. Of these, 28 were killed between 1987 and 1992. The RUC officer, William Logan (aged 23), who was driving the police patrol vehicle was mortally wounded and died the following day, he was the first RUC officer killed by the brigade. They brought peanuts and fed the squirrels, he says.. All the IRA members involved withdrew successfully. He later became the longest-serving volunteer in this job, right up to the 1997 cease-fire.[79]. [52] They had mounted a heavy DShK machine gun on the back of a stolen lorry, driven right to the RUC/British Army station and opened fire with tracer ammunition at the fortified base at point-blank range, no efforts were made to conceal the firing position or the machine gun. [Its] not about what are their economic interests. He is now president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Co Tyrone. From 1985 onwards, the IRA in East Tyrone had been the forefront of a wide IRA campaign against British military facilities. He also wrote the best-selling book "The IRA - A Secret History". After the shooting they drove past the house of Tony Doris, the IRA man killed the previous year, where they fired more shots in the air and were heard to shout, "Up the 'RA, that's for Tony Doris". The support team sprayed the installations with a burst of gunfire, but the mortar overshot the compound, damaging an adjacent church. The IRA responded by killing senior UVF man and former UDR member Leslie Dallas on 7 March 1989,[46][47] but the UVF shot dead three IRA members and a Catholic civilian in a pub in Cappagh on 3 March 1991. [68], At least two minor engagements occurred in the following weeks between members of the brigade and British Army foot patrols. Jim Lynagh, member of the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), one of twelve children, is born on the Tully Estate, a housing estate in the townland of Killygowan on the southern edge of Monaghan, County Monaghan, on April 13, 1956.. Lynagh joins the Provisional Irish Republican Army in the early 1970s. From the Sunday Tribune. Both share left-wing views and believe that the interests of Border counties are not being well served by the European Union. The bombing was at Teebane Crossroads, near Cookstown. It is going to be very embarrassing for a lot of Irish political parties that almost pretended that partition was going. An inquest into their deaths. The group were also responsible for the . [112] On 11 May 1993, British security forces found and defused a horizontal mortar complete with warhead in Dungannon. 9 July 1997: IRA gunmen hijacked and burned a number of vehicles at Dungannon. [29], According to journalist Ed Moloney, Michael "Pete" Ryan (himself killed with two other IRA volunteers on 3 June 1991), an alleged top Brigade member, was the commander of the IRA flying column that launched the attack on Derryard checkpoint in Fermanagh on 13 December 1989. This is disputed by some authors as an "exaggeration".[132][133]. 7 September 1981: two RUC officers (Mark Evans and Stuart Montgomery) were killed when their patrol vehicle struck an IRA landmine at Sessadonaghy, near. [24][25] This attack forced the British military to ferry their troops to and from East Tyrone by helicopter. [129] A former UDR soldier (David Martin) was killed when an IRA bomb exploded underneath his car in Kildress, County Tyrone on 25 April 1993; it was claimed that he had loyalist connections. [11] Scottish-born journalist Kevin Toolis has written that from 1985 onward, the brigade led a five-year campaign that left 33 security facilities destroyed and nearly 100 seriously damaged. Five of them were bound over. 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McGeough sees the Troubles as ostensibly a failure, but the UK government does not want a return to those days any more than anybody on our side does. As the men were all Protestants, many Protestants saw it as a sectarian attack. They dont throw away remarks like that.. 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Thus it was from there that the IRA East Tyrone Brigade attacks were launched, with most of them occurring in east Tyrone in areas close to south Armagh, which offered good escape routes. The bomb detonated, destroying much of the base and damaging nearby buildings. Leading `Real IRA' member is shot dead in Ballymurphy. I think its all guff.. McGeough is a supporter of the peace process and now president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Co Tyrone. It is hugely insulting, Lynagh says as he picks nicotine gum from a wrapper. [55][56][57], Six paratroopers were charged with criminal damage in the aftermath, but they were acquitted in 1993. In December 1973 he is badly injured in a premature bomb . The IRA Northern Command, however, approved a scaled-down version of the strategy, aimed at hampering the repair and refurbishment of British security bases. [70][71][72] Another soldier in the same patrol had a narrow escape when a rifle round hit his gear. A soldier was seriously wounded. [44] Some republican sources[45] claim that a listening device was found in the roof of OFarrells house during repairs in 2008, exposing that the British intelligence had a forehand knowledge of the IRA operation at Coalisland and could have arrested them before the attack. In 1988 he had been caught in possession of a 1,000lb bomb and sentenced to 16 years in prison. On 11 May 1993, an IRA militant pretending to be a motorist that had been asked to show his licence at the barracks left a van carrying a mortar outside the facilities. [10] The first was an assault on Ballygawley base in December 1985. That was a security situation. [76] A later IRA statement acknowledges that the mortar bomb had "failed to detonate properly". [50] The RUC stated the men were on their way to mount an ambush on Protestant workmen. The ambush that left Tyrone Volunteers Kevin Barry O'Donnell, Patrick Vincent, Sen O'Farrell and Peter . Another IRA unit then directed heavy machine-gun fire at the front of the barracks, which provided cover for a bomb team to plant a 100lb (45kg) bomb inside. Ed Moloney is an Irish journalist who frequently covered the Troubles in Northern Ireland. 11 August 1986: The East Tyrone Brigade destroyed the RUC base at, 23 November 1986: six British soldiers were wounded after the Brigade launched seven mortars at a British Army barracks in. The European Union is as much of an imperial power as if not more than Britain at the moment, Lynagh says. IRA veterans Brexit feature - pix Colm Lynagh and Tommy McKearneyFormer republican prisoner Colm Lynagh (left) and former Provisional IRA hunger striker Tommy McKearney in Monaghan Town. The New Irish Republican Army, or New IRA, . East Tyrone appears an outlier in rural areas by the 1990s. Brexit will not lead to a return to bloodshed in Northern Ireland, says one Provisional IRA veteran. Simon Carswell. [7], Members of the East Tyrone Brigade had previously carried out two attacks on RUC bases in their operational area, described by author Mark Urban as "spectaculars". Her extradition from Northern Ireland was refused in 2007. [19][unreliable source? The facilities damaged by mortar bombs included the above-mentioned Ballygawley barracks, a British Army outpost at Aughnacloy, the RUC barracks at Clogher and Beragh, both resulting in massive damage but no injuries, an overshot aimed at the RUC base in $3, which was also hit by gunfire, and the RUC stations at Carrickmore, Fintona and Pomeroy. [5] The first was an assault on Ballygawley barracks. [53] Author Brendan O'Brien reports a witness claiming that some of the men were wounded and tried to surrender but were killed by the British soldiers. 'United Ireland? . Video: Simon Carswell. McKearney and Lynagh are dissenters, not dissidents; although they support the peace process they object to the policies pursued by Sinn Fin and some of their former comrades who moved into politics. 2 February 1996: The house of a part-time member of the RUC was riddled with gunfire in Moy. The East Tyrone Brigade members killed at Loughgall in 1987 consisted of: * Commander Patrick Kelly (aged 30) * Jim Lynagh (aged 31) * Pdraig McKearney (aged 32) * Declan Arthurs (aged 21) * Seamus Donnelly (aged 19) * Eugene Kelly (aged 25) * Gerry O'Callaghan (aged 29) * Tony Gormley (aged 25) Eugene Kelly Dozens of residents were evacuated to a neighbouring church's hall. Her extradition from Northern Ireland was eventually denied in 2007 due to discrepancies in the claims against her. The East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), also known as the Tyrone/Monaghan Brigade [1] was one of the most active republican paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland during "the Troubles". He voted for Brexit in the hope that it would lead to a united Ireland through the disintegration of the UK. [51], Another four IRA members were killed in an ambush in February 1992. The genie is out of the bottle, so you are not going to put it back in again, and at this point in time we are in the uneasy calm before the potential storm. As the men were all Protestants, many Protestants saw it as a sectarian attack. There were no injuries. He was arrested on the night of the count by the PSNI for the attempted murder of a part-time UDR soldier in 1981. No casualties were reported. When the IRA responded by killing a retired UDR member, Leslie Dallas,[122] and two elderly Protestants, Austin Nelson and Ernest Rankin at Coagh, on 7 March 1989, the UVF shot dead three IRA members and a Catholic civilian in a pub in Cappagh on 3 March 1991. Lynagh's strategy was to start off with one area which the British military did not control, preferably a republican stronghold such as east Tyrone. We are an unruly people, and if there is an opportunity to be unruly again we will take it, but it will not be violence, he says. Why would article 50 change that? says McKearney. Tommy's older brother Sean was killed in May 1974 when a bomb he was planting at a petrol station outside Dungannon exploded prematurely. "It was never going to be delivered by the normal means, by the Irish themselves, but it could come about through the break-up of the so-called United Kingdom," he says as he sits in an armchair in his living room, in front of shelves of history books that reflect his past studies at Trinity College Dublin and his background in teaching. 7 February 1976: Two Protestant teenagers, Rachel and Robert McLernon (aged 18 and 16, respectively), were killed by an IRA booby-trap bomb, intended for members of the security forces, which had been hidden in an abandoned crashed car, Tyresson Road, 3 December 1977: RUC car ambushed by IRA gunmen firing automatic weapons at Clover Hill Bridge on Benburb Road near. [65][66][67] Six paratroopers were charged with criminal damage in the aftermath, but were acquitted in 1993. Now he has a doctorate in political science and writes a lively blog, the Pensive Quill, firing off opinions on the peace process, among other topics, and offering a platform to others. Lynagh is irked by the way political parties in the Brexit debate are portraying people in the Border counties as lawless Irish, similar to the people of Pakistans tribal areas, with a pathological predisposition to violence who will rush out and go to war again because they cant stand the sight of customs posts. Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, List of notable actions from 1971 until Loughgall, Operations against British security forces in east and south Tyrone, List of actions from 1996 until the 1997 IRA ceasefire, Individual members of the brigade were also involved in the. 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Transforming the Peace Process in Northern Ireland: From Terrorism to Democratic Policies, IRA The Bombs and the Bullets: A History of Deadly Ingenuity, The Provisional IRA in England: The Bombing Campaign 1973-1997, Loyal to the Core? But as a community willing to return to armed conflict, there just isnt an appetite for that., Lynagh adds, There is a vested interest in hyping up the political impact and the scare tactics that it is going to open a hornets nest of dissident activity against British rule. [10] Lynagh's plans met strong criticism from senior brigade member Kevin McKenna, who regarded the strategy as "too impractical, too ambitious, and not sustainable" according to journalist Ed Moloney. [22] He believes that the British had intended to withdraw from Ireland around the late 2030s, by when demographic trends would have led to an overwhelming nationalist majority. The Gazelle broke up during the subsequent crash-landing. (2000). A member of an IRA unit who survived a deadly SAS ambush at Loughgall which claimed the lives of eight republicans has broken his silence for the first time on the 30th anniversary. GAA Central Council officialreply was that The GAA has strict protocols and rules in place regarding the use of property for Political purposes. The Association is committed to a shared future based on tolerance for the different identities and cultural backgrounds of people who share this Community and this island. [15], The SAS ambush had no noticeable long-term effect on the level of IRA activity in East Tyrone. [39] On 31 January an IRA van bomb blew up in downtown Dungannon, resulting in three people wounded and severe damage[40] both on the city centre and the RUC/Army base. Taken: April 5th, 2017. According to the indictment, another IRA member slipped into the United States from Canada with a munitions shopping list that included night vision glasses for a Ruger mini-14, 2000 nonelec . The second attack was on the part-time station at The Birches, County Armagh, and it began by driving a JCB digger with a 200lb (91kg) bomb in its bucket through the reinforced fences the RUC had in place around their bases, and then exploding the bomb and raking the police station with gunfire. 9 July 1997: IRA gunmen hijacked and burned a number of vehicles at Dungannon. Not far from that Border town is the home of Gerry McGeough, a former IRA man who calls himself a traditional republican rather than a dissident. The East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), also known as the Tyrone/Monaghan Brigade[1] was one of the most active republican paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland during "the Troubles". G Bill Gannon George Gilmore H Sean Hales Tom Hales Sen Hogan Charlie Hurley K Six attackers gathered on the same spot afterwards. You might have someone taking a potshot sometime, but if you are talking about a serious insurgency or a serious campaign, anything that remotely emulates the Provisional IRAs campaign, it is not going to happen. Five Sinn Fin cumainn, and 90% of the East Tyrone Brigade, left in the move. 16 August 1973: two IRA volunteers, Daniel McAnallen (aged 27) and Patrick Quinn (aged 18), were killed when a mortar prematurely exploded during an attack on Pomeroy British Army/RUC base. While Brexit raises uncertainty around how the UK manages trade across a frontier running through those former battlefields, McKearney and Lynagh believe that the climate and conditions the anti-Catholic discrimination and economic inequality that ignited the Troubles no longer exist. [31], On 11 February 1990 the brigade managed to shoot down a British Army Gazelle helicopter near Clogher by machine gun fire and wounding three soldiers, one of them seriously. I dont see that., It is going to be very embarrassing for a lot of Irish political parties that almost pretended that partition was going. [27] According to author Nick Van der Bijl, British intelligence identified them as the perpetrators of the bombing of the military bus at Curr Road. One soldier was seriously wounded. An IRA volunteer was arrested, while two other members of the IRA made good their escape. 26 March 1997: a grenade was thrown by IRA volunteers at the British Army/RUC base in Coalisland. Orangeism and Britishness in Northern Ireland. This is the story of the war in the fields, towns and villages of East Tyrone, as told by the people who fought it. He thinks it would be silly of the British to build a hard Border again and potentially stir up those tensions. 26 January 1987: a senior UDR officer was killed outside his home on Coalisland Road, Dungannon. The main target, Brian Arthurs, escaped injury. I know from the old days there were very few people willing to do the business of fighting. [26] On 30 August 1988, an SAS ambush killed IRA members Gerard Harte, Martin Harte and Brian Mullin as they tried to kill an off-duty Ulster Defence Regiment member near Carrickmore. [73], The brigade was the first to use the Mark-15 Barrack-Buster mortar in an attack on 5 December 1992 against the RUC station in Ballygawley. Quinn was then a senior member of the IRA's East Tyrone brigade. [61], At least five members of the security forces were killed by the IRA in around this area during the same period. They concluded that the SAS were justified in opening fire. east tyrone brigade members east tyrone brigade members (No Ratings Yet) . [15][16] It destroyed a substantial part of the base with a 200lb bomb and raked the building with gunfire. The British are sending a plausibly deniable mixed message. [18], In December 2011, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)'s Historical Enquiries Team found that not only did the IRA team fire first but that they could not have been safely arrested. Early in the morning as he prepared to drive to work, two masked IRA gunmen who had been hiding behind trees walked over and shot him three times in the head, mortally wounding him. The soldiers were being transported from RAF Aldergrove to a military base near Omagh after returning from leave in England. A 'senior security source' claimed that the IRA was responsible. Two RUC officers were shot dead and the base was raked with gunfire before being destroyed by a bomb. But the reality is that it is going to be more and more obvious. The ambush took place outside the village of Pomeroy. O'Donnell had been released without charges for possession of weapons on two different occasions in the past. e The Troubles The Coagh Ambush was a controversial incident that took place on 3 June 1991, when a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit from the East Tyrone Brigade was ambushed by the Special Air Service (SAS) in the village of Coagh, County Tyrone. Fifty people were evacuated. He considers threats of a return of the British army to Border towns like Aughnacloy as a cheap shot and the recent pantomime of mock Border checkpoints and anti-Brexit protesters dressing up in customs-officer uniforms as the hysterical interpretation of what may happen. The device landed unexploded inside the complex, resulting in its evacuation. Major George Shaw, a 57-year-old father of two, worked full-time for the MOD and was a part-time soldier. 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