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. The IRA Army Council believes it is the legitimate Government of the all-island Irish Republic
Historical person
Se n Mac Stiof in Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Se n Mac Stiof in, based on 4 World History Database records associated with Ireland.
Chronological biography
1969
1970
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
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
1972
IRA leaders meet a British delegation led by William Whitelaw, they refuse to consider a peace settlement that did not include a commitment to British withdrawal, a retreat of the British Army to barracks & release of republican prisoners
Record provenance
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