IRA
The main figures in the early Provisional IRA are Se n Mac Stiof in (the organisations first Chief of Staff), Ruairi Br daigh (the first President of Provisional Sinn Fein), D ithi þ Conaill, and Joe Cahill
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Ruairi Bradaigh Biography and Timeline
Follow Ruairi Bradaigh through 4 dated historical records for Ireland.
Ruairi Bradaigh, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1969–1986Years on this page
1969
1970
IRA
Traditionalists led by Se n Mac Stiof in and Ruairi Br daigh split from the IRA and Sinn F‚in to form the Provisional IRA and its political wing Provisional Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein
Traditionalists led by Se n Mac Stiof in and Ruairi Br daigh split from the IRA and Sinn F‚in to form the Provisional IRA and its political wing Provisional Sinn Fein
1986
Sinn Fein
An internal power struggle, between a southern leadership under Ruairi Br daigh and a northern leadership under Gerry Adams, sees Br daigh and his associates leave to establish Republican Sinn Fein
Records, sources and methodology
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