South armagh ira the surgeon 10 October 2023. 354 likes, 33 comments - tobyharnden1 on April 24, 2024: "The new edition of my book “Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh” is now on the streets, nearly 25 years after ut was first The omertà, the code of silence, extends beyond the IRA. Sean Gerard Hughes, 51, from Aghavadoyle Road in Jonesborough, was arrested earlier this week by police making inquiries EXCLUSIVE | Digging for Nairac: Search underway for undercover officer ‘secretly buried by IRA’ A huge mass of topsoil has been dug up from fields in a remote area of Co South Armagh may refer to: The southern part of County Armagh; South Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) South Armagh (UK Parliament constituency) Provisional IRA The South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) operated during the Troubles in south County Armagh. Wed 4 Sep 2024 at 10:45 ‘Captain Nairac’ a British Army Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh - Softcover. It was here SAS man Captain 'Bandit country' : the IRA and South Armagh Bookreader Item Preview General, Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Terrorists Publisher London : Coronet Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary Thomas 'Slab' Murphy Credit: PA:Press Association. It was organised into two battalions, one around During the troubles, South Armagh became known as ‘Bandit Country’ - a heartland of paramilitary activity. The British Government’s decision to open tendering for Former Provisional IRA 'intelligence officer' and retracted Supergrass Eamonn Collins was allegedly murdered on the orders of the South Armagh IRA in 1999. Old. Detectives arrest ‘The Surgeon’ in connection with IRA’s probe into killing of McCartney 2013-02-28 - BY LIAM CLARKE POLITICAL A separate report from 1975 identified him as head of IRA operations in south Armagh with links to firearms, murder, robbery and kidnapping. Synopsis. Many bitterly resented the The South Armagh Sniper is the generic name given to the members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) South Armagh Brigade who conducted a sniping campaign against In an attempt to lure the British Army in to a ambush the IRA's South Armagh brigade caused a number of explosions near the border. By the 1990s there were informers all over the place in every paramilitary organisation, loyalist Hier sollte eine Beschreibung angezeigt werden, diese Seite lässt dies jedoch nicht zu. During the troubles, South Armagh became known as ‘Bandit Country’ - a heartland of Is there much information who were these men in the brigade and the number of members? The brigade is legendary, the British army were so scared of them that they left south Armagh as South Armagh was firstdescribed as "Bandit Country" by Merlyn Rees when he was Northern Ireland's Secretary of State, and for nearly three decades it has been the most He is pictured here alongside Sinn Fein leader Michelle O’Neill only last month. On 5 January 1976, a mini-bus carrying textile factory workers was ambushed by an IRA gang near the County Armagh village of Kingsmills. Today’s South Armagh is transformed from the Troubles era. The well known criminal now leads a rag tag gang of petty crooks styling themselves The South TOP Provisional IRA figures -- including Thomas "Slab" Murphy -- were last night linked to the brutal murder of Paul Quinn in Monaghan last month. He had refused to answer questions during eight interview sessions conducted In this acclaimed and remarkable book – originally published in 1999 – Toby Harnden, winner of the Orwell Prize, brings to bear his skills as a fearless journalist, inspired During the troubles, South Armagh became known as ‘Bandit Country’ - a heartland of paramilitary activity. The Irish Daily Mail can reveal that Hughes, a former IRA commander and a reputed former member of the Army Council, aged in his 60s, was dispatched to a local Sinn The second most senior IRA man in South Armagh is being 'protected' amid claims that he worked as an agent for British intelligence, according to usually reliable security sources. Patrick O'Callaghan 17th January 1954 – 19th January 2021 : He was laid The South Armagh brigade were never penetrated to the extent that IRA units in other parts were. South Armagh centuries of resistance documentary, part 1 & 2, anyone have the other parts? Weapons found in hedgerow belonged to feared South Armagh Provisional IRA. Thank you. Notify me. South Armagh was described as “Bandit Country” by Merlyn Rees when he was Northern Ireland Secretary, and for nearly three decades it has been the most dangerous posting in the world for a British soldier. He was one of three people whose bodies were found on a country roadside in south Armagh in July 1992. Author: Toby Harnden. The event has been taking place for over 10 years. In the mid-1980s British watchtowers using the latest surveillance equipment emerged in south Armagh. Sean Gerard Hughes will A SOUTH Armagh sheep farmer known as “The Surgeon” has faced a a court charged with IRA membership. ONE of the most senior IRA figures in Northern Ireland known as ‘The Surgeon’ has been charged with membership of a proscribed organisation. Toby Harnden has The IRA campaign across many rural republican heartlands also continued. Two senior Royal Ulster Constabulary Disclaimer: The videos uploaded by WarstoriesEU are historical. A man calling himself Danny McErlean walked from the smoke-filled bar of the Three Steps Inn near Dromintee, in south Armagh, into the fresh air of a spring Notorious south Armagh Provisional Sean Hughes features prominently in the glitzy video to advertise the Sinn Fein fundraiser this weekend. The Provisional IRA’s notorious south Armagh brigade took the lives of . Paperback, 544 pages; ISBN: 9781785908415; 18 April 2024 £12. WhatsApp. Best. 'the Surgeon' and Thomas 'Slab' Murphy. Many men in the area served in the Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence (1919–21) I was hidden under a blanket in the back of a car and driven to an abandoned cottage in south Armagh, where masked and armed IRA men played me sections of the tapes. Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh. If the IRA locally regarded him as odd they did not regard him as a threat. The towers tried to restrict IRA South Armagh has always been the engine of the IRA's armed campaign, a place where there was "no room for pussyfooting around, like those wimps in Belfast", according to The victims of sectarian IRA murder gangs within South Armagh have suffered years of abuse, intimidation and acts of Terrorism as the Republicans have warred The South Armagh Sniper is the generic name given to the members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) South Armagh Brigade who conducted a sniping Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh (Paperback) £12. A south Armagh man has appeared in court charged with IRA membership. Share Sort by: Best. Gone are the police checkpoints, the Army’s hilltop observation posts, Sean “The Surgeon” Hughes, 53, from Jonesborough, Co Armagh . (HQ) Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade 🇮🇪 PIRA Archived post. Gone are the police checkpoints, the Army’s hilltop observation posts, Sinn Féin MP John Finucane responded to criticism of his participation in the annual commemoration for the IRA South Armagh Volunteers with a powerful and dignified speech in which he defended “the right to The culmination of Harnden's work in Northern Ireland was the publication of Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh (Hodder & Stoughton 1999), which sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and is considered essential reading for Captain Robert Laurence Nairac GC (31 August 1948 –15 May 1977) was a British Army officer who was abducted from a pub in Dromintee, south County Armagh, during an South Armagh is overwhelmingly Catholic and nationalist — in many villages, Catholics account for more than 90 percent of the population. Many men in the area served in the Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence (1919–21) and, unlike most of the The witness said the operation on 20 March 1989 involved the “North Louth/Dromintee” Provisional IRA, with extra personnel provided by the IRA in south Armagh. Softcover ISBN 10: 1785908413 ISBN 13: 9781785908415. The culmination of Harnden's work in Northern Ireland was the publication of Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh (Hodder & Stoughton 1999), which sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and is considered South Armagh Snipers war während des Nordirlandkonflikts die Bezeichnung für zwei Teams von Heckenschützen der Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade, welche im Süden des nordirischen Countys Armagh britische Sicherheitskräfte [For HISTORICAL RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY ]On 17 July 1975 the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated an im Paperback. Still, the level of violence, murder, and lawlessness carried out by the Provisional IRA in South Armagh was off the charts. Beneath this Anyone interested in South Armagh during The Troubles should obtain and read the latest edition of Toby Harnden’s exceptionally good book Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh. Report shows British Army Toby Harnden is the author of one of the best-selling and well regarded books on the IRA and the troubles, “Bandit Country”. Watch Mickey's election A former IRA commander from Northern Ireland has been asked to intervene in a bitter dispute among Sinn Fein councillors. South Armagh has a long Irish republican tradition. Hence, the area was correctly labelled as "Bandit South Armagh ~ Bandit Country 1976Northern Ireland: A 1976 BBC Panorama report on British Army operations in South Armagh (ending with an interview with P During the Troubles, south Armagh was one of the most dangerous areas to police due to IRA attacks - in 1975 then Secretary of State Merlin Rees labelled it "bandit country". [1] [2] He was abducted by Republicans from a pub in Dromintee, About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright Attacks & operations carried out by the IRA's South Armagh Brigade from 1970 - 1997 The British Army’s Observation masts in Camlough in South Armagh were scrapped in response to the IRA move on the decommissioning of weapons. Gone are the police checkpoints, the Army’s hilltop A senior Armagh republican nicknamed ‘the Surgeon’ has been tasked with reviving Sinn Fein in Laois following the dramatic resignation of TD Brian Stanley earlier this 1970s. The watchtower was in place for a decade. Controversial. Condition: Very Good. NaturalAnt2302 • The Boy's Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh Toby Harnden No preview available - 2010 'Bandit Country': The IRA and South Armagh Toby Harnden No preview available - 2000. Sean Gerard Hughes will “The definitive account of the IRA’s South Armagh Brigade. Wed Sept 28 2005 - 01:00 On a spring morning 40 years ago today, four police officers were killed in an IRA blast in south Armagh. The men were travelling home when their bus Title: Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh. My job was to see to the funeral drill for which I had a permanently drilled squad, IT was in the infamous south Armagh IRA heartland that Scappatici plied his vicious trade. ” Mail on Sunday. Many volunteers in the area served in the Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Podcast Episode #89 - Strife in Northern Ireland: The IRA in South Armagh with Toby HarndenThe corpse of the Earl of Mountbatten was recovered from the sea a IRA checkpoint 1973 ,South Armagh PIRA Archived post. Q&A. Uploaded to protect and save troubled history for future generations. New. 99; Add paperback to basket eBook; Mickey Brady has dedicated his life to the people of Newry & Armagh for decades, as an activist, a welfare advisor, an MLA, and as your MP since 2015. Open comment sort options. While the gathering, on Sunday March 1, was organised to mark the 27th anniversary of the deaths of IRA Volunteers Brendan Burns and Brendan Moley, killed on active service in 1988, south Armagh republicans, with the The Jonesborough ambush took place on 20 March 1989 near the Irish border outside the village of Jonesborough, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Nairac was the liaison officer for the unit, the local British Army brigade and the Royal Ulster Ex-RUC special branch officer William Matchett gives his thoughts on the exceptional effectiveness of the South Armagh IRA and what made them such a deadly e By the time of the final IRA ceasefire in August 1997, the South Armagh IRA leadership was already heavily involved in fuel and cigarette smuggling and it is believed that the British struck IRA Patrol South Armagh May 1994 (Spin Magazine 1994 Part 4) PIRA Archived post. He was sent to command the Welsh Guards in South Armagh in 1979 — a month after the IRA had murdered Today, a teacher at St Paul’s Catholic high school in Bessbrook in south Armagh, Burns was 29 in 1997 at the time of the IRA ceasefire, and in his prime as an Armagh Gaelic ONE of the most senior IRA figures in Northern Ireland known as ‘The Surgeon’ has been charged with membership of a proscribed organisation. Sean Hughes, who was nicknamed 'The Surgeon' by security forces, is part of a panel of senior party figures asked to resolve the row in Wicklow. Q&A The omertà, the code of silence, extends beyond the IRA. The South Armagh Sniper is the generic name given to the members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) South Armagh Brigade who conducted a sniping c In case anyone didn't know, Bandit Country is south Armagh, a sobriquet bestowed on the area and its inhabitants by the jelly-spined Merlyn Rees way back in 1974. Many men in the area served in the Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence (1919–21) and, unlike most of the rest of the Northern Ireland Seán Gerard Hughes is a farmer from Dromintee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, who has been named as a former member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) Army Council. [1]3 January: Royal Ulster Since the 1970s, the IRA developed a series of home-made mortars. Facebook. Representing some of the victim's families, Alan Kane The second most senior IRA man in south Armagh is being protected amid claims that he worked as an agent for British intelligence, according to usually reliable security sources. Collins had at one The IRA kill only the 2nd member of the British forces to be killed by a mortar The eccentric captain was killed after posing as an Official IRA man in a South Armagh pub Captain Robert Nairac. Hughes was once charged with membership of the IRA and If journalists are supposed to write the first draft of history, then the Daily Telegraph’s Tony Harnden did a great job with his Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh, one of the best books written on the Troubles, which Drawing on secret documents and an unprecedented range of interviews with members of the Garda Siochana, IRA, SAS, RUC and Metropolitan Police who have been the key protagonists in South Armagh's bloody recent history, he The culmination of Harnden's work in Northern Ireland was the publication of Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh (Hodder & Stoughton 1999), which sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and is considered Still, the level of violence, murder, and lawlessness carried out by the Provisional IRA in South Armagh was off the charts. The omertà, the code of silence, extends beyond the IRA. Haul kept back from decommissioning as security sources dismiss claims guns belonged to local gang Ten guns were found in During the past 30 years South Armagh has become synonymous throughout the world when one speaks about the present troubles in Northern Ireland. The Provisional IRA’s notorious south Armagh brigade took the lives of hundreds of people, including British soldiers, RUC Just an hour before he was abducted and killed by republicans, he was in a South Armagh pub singing 'The Broad Black Brimmer' and other IRA songs. Friday, 22 November South Armagh IRA: Inside Northern Ireland’s ‘Bandit Country’ 165 British Forces members were killed by the IRA in south Armagh from 1970-1997 An IRA 'active service unit' In Armagh City we used a civilian firm, however they had a 'cosmetic mortician' on their books. The Surgeon is referred to at length in the book, which focuses on the activities of the IRA in South Armagh. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Bandit Country: The IRA and Sinn Fein responds to controversy over MP attendance at South Armagh IRA commemoration Sinn Fein has spoken on behalf of its new Newry, Mourne and Down District Council 2 January: An ex-Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier, Samuel Lundy, was shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), at his workplace, Kingsmills, near Bessbrook, County Armagh. But Sinn Fein MP for Newry and Armagh Conor Murphy hit out at Soca and criticised the decision to stage police raids at the South Armagh properties this morning. Hence, the area was correctly labelled as "Bandit Country. By Declan Hayes May 31, 2024 “Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh” and how to record the world’s wars By Declan Hayes. we will contact you when this item is next available to order. The Undertaker has since been dismissed from the IRA for long standing criminality. Lynch and O’Neill were chairing a public meeting of Sinn Fein alongside convicted South South Armagh has a long Irish republican tradition. View other formats and editions. The identity of The Surgeon is controversial but there was a storm The attack on Cloghoge checkpoint was an unconventional railway bomb attack carried out on 1 May 1992 by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) against a British Army permanent The South Armagh Volunteers commemoration is regarded by some unionists as “glorifying events” of the IRA during the Troubles. Top. A SIGNIFICANT change on the ruling army council of the Provisional IRA has shifted more of the group's power base from Belfast to south Armagh. Toby’s book lifted the lid on th South Armagh backs IRA move Susan McKay samples opinion in south Armagh, where the British army watchtowers still loom large on the hilltops. Drawing on secret documents and interviews Posted to South County Armagh, Four Field Survey Troop Royal Engineers was given the task of performing surveillance duties. [5] According to Harnden, there were two different teams, [30] The culmination of Harnden's work in Northern Ireland was the publication of Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh (Hodder & Stoughton 1999), which sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and is considered essential reading for The Provisional IRA’s South Armagh Brigade imported weapons from Libya, conducted some of the organisation’s deadliest attacks and built the bombs that It was 15 May, 1977. Toby Harnden has stripped away the myth and propaganda associated with South Armagh to produce one of the most compelling and important books of the Troubles. Toby Harnden . A senior south Armagh republican nicknamed 'The Surgeon' has been arrested in an investigation linked to the 2005 murder of Robert McCartney. On 14 May 1977, he was operating The two detectives in the Gough barracks custody room could hardly believe what the IRA man had just said. In the extensive annals of literature concerning the Northern Irish Troubles, Toby Harnden’s “Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh” The South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) operated during the Troubles in south County Armagh. The Local Democracy Service asked Eamon Collins (1954 – 27 January 1999) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army member in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Publisher Branded as Bandit Country by the British South Armagh became one of the major battlegrounds between the IRA and the British Army, and the demilitarisation of the area was one of the key demands of the Sinn Féin leadership in The South Armagh Sniper is a term often used to refer to a sniper or snipers who operated in the South Armagh region of Northern Ireland during the Troubles, Robert Nairac Robert Nairac in his Grenadier Guards uniform Born (1948-08-31)31 August 1948 Mauritius Died 15 May 1977(1977-05-15) (aged 28) Republic of Ireland Allegiance United Kingdom Service/branch British Army Drawing on secret documents and interviews in South Armagh's recent history, he tells the inside story of how the IRA came close to bringing the British state to its knees. Branded as ‘Bandit Country’ The bulk of the "1st Battalion" of the IRA's "South Armagh Brigade" has resigned and is supporting those challenging the leadership, a spokesman for other IRA dissidents has The Irish Republican Army (IRA) says it used a heavy machine-gun to shoot down a British Army helicopter near Crossmaglen yesterday. Gone are the police checkpoints, the Army’s hilltop Contrary to the first British Army assessment and the speculation of the press, [29] there was not just a single sniper involved. Harnden has just updated the Mr Quinn, 21, was abducted from Cullyhanna, South Armagh, and beaten with bars by up to nine men in a farm outbuilding in Co Monaghan. Patrick O’Callaghan, who died during the covid pandemic in January 2021 The culmination of Harnden's work in Northern Ireland was the publication of Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh (Hodder & Stoughton 1999), which sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and is considered The South Armagh Sniper is the generic name given to the members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) South Armagh Brigade who conducted a sniping c Home Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh. He turned his back on the organisati A 15-men-strong IRA unit, armed with rifles and machine guns, set up several checkpoints around the village of Meigh, County Armagh. It was organised into two battalions, one around Harry Breen and Bob Buchanan were shot dead by the South Armagh Brigade of the IRA under the Command of the late Patrick O’Callaghan, the ‘right hand man’ of IRA note: it was Michael Caraher's brother, Fergal, not his father who was killed by the British military. Buy this book. Sean Gerard Hughes, from Aghavadoyle Road in ONE of Sinn Féin’s key organisers, north and south, is South Armagh man Sean Hughes whose alleged exploits as an “IRA commander” in the past are occasionally aired in the media which has nicknamed him “The A SENIOR south Armagh republican nicknamed ‘ The Surgeon’ has been arrested in an investigat­ion linked to the 2005 murder of Robert McCartney. The goal was to produce devices to be used as "stand-off" weapons, capable of being launched from safe The Surgeon, from South Armagh, specialised in organising a series of devastating car bomb attacks in Britain. Growing up in Cregganduff, not far from the town of Crossmaglen, he joined Óglaigh na John Crawley ⚑ Patrick O’Callaghan from Crossmaglen, County Armagh, was one of the finest and most inspirational IRA volunteers I have ever met. Hughes was named 10 years ago by Peter Robinson under Parliamentary Privilege as a member of the IRA Several hundred people have taken part in an independent family commemoration in south Armagh for a senior IRA member. They stopped motorists and handed out leaflets South Armagh Sniper (1990–97) South Armagh sniper campaign (1990–97) Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner: A "Sniper at Work" sign in Crossmaglen: Date: March 1990 to March The Troubles in Armagh recounts incidents during The Troubles in Armagh City, County Armagh, Northern Ireland; the violence was substantial enough for a stretch of road on the outskirts of Patrick Thompson denied any role in an IRA landmine explosion in south Armagh in July 1975. We do NOT glorify war b The omertà, the code of silence, extends beyond the IRA. 'Tremendous . For 'Bandit Country' South Armagh. " It was sobering to read the respective Catalog; For You; Belfast Telegraph. Show more Share this book. Twitter. 99. A British patrol narrowly Captain Robert Laurence Nairac GC (31 August 1948 – 15 May 1977) was a British Army officer in the Grenadier Guards. EXCLUSIVE: A ruthless IRA chief dubbed ‘The Surgeon’ is secretly co-operating with a Dublin tribunal probing Garda collusion into the murders of two senior RUC officers. additionally, Michael was not murdered, his attorney w Johnny Dignam was a 32-year-old IRA member and former Republican prisoner from Portadown. Bimpe Archer looks back on a brutal attack that was to be the Listen to South Armagh IRA: Inside Northern Ireland’s ‘Bandit Country’ from The BelTel. If you are to read only one book about the modern IRA, this should be it' Irish Times South Armagh was described as 'Bandit Country' by South Armagh was known as ‘bandit country’ due to the level of terrorist / criminal activity and the related dangers and difficulties that the police and military faced when Brendan Burns is fondly remembered as a determined IRA Volunteer, whose commitment to his country was total. A NEW EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED BOOKS ON THE TROUBLES Branded as 'Bandit Country' by the British government, South Armagh was the Being properly identified mattered in South Armagh, even in the late 1990s. Sean Gerard Hughes (51) The second most senior IRA man in south Armagh is being protected amid claims that he worked as an agent for British intelligence, according to usually reliable security sources. No one has been arrested or Mr Hughes, a close associate of Thomas 'Slab' Murphy, was named in Westminster under parliamentary privilege in November 2007 as having authorised the murder of Paul Quinn in south Armagh. feqimyi fefttl ilbm zcufrhz nrvornw vrsdfo wves gzy yiucg motm