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Mapa Mental por Sarah-Louise Caldwell, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Sarah-Louise Caldwell
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Increasing Tensions
- People
that were
arrested
were
mainly
members
of the
OIRA
instead of
the PIRA
- The
information
the
police
used
was
out
of
date
- IRA ~ 'I Ran Away' This was the
accusation levelled at the IRA
during the summer of 1969. Many
Nationalists felt that it had failed to
defend them during the violence in
August 1969.
- IRA split (December 1969)
- The Official IRA
(OIRA) - This
group focused
on achieving a
Socialist and
United Ireland.
Used violence
until May 1972.
- This group split again in 1974 when a new political
party was formed - The Irish Republican Socialist
party. A new militant terrorist group was made to
match ~ Irish Nationalist Liberation Army (NILA)
- First leader = Sean MacStiofain
- This group split again in 1974 when a new political
party was formed - The Irish Republican Socialist
party. A new militant terrorist group was made to
match ~ Irish Nationalist Liberation Army (NILA)
- The Provisional IRA
(PIRA) - (Provos). They
claimed to be the
defender of the
Nationalist
community and its
members were
younger than those of
the OIRA.
- Aims by Easter 1970
- Achieving civil rights
- Defend the Catholic populations
- Destroy the Stormount (NI) government
- Remove British 'imperialism' from Ireland
- Achieving civil rights
- Aims by Easter 1970
- The Official IRA
(OIRA) - This
group focused
on achieving a
Socialist and
United Ireland.
Used violence
until May 1972.
- The IRA and the British Army
- When the British army first came
to NI it was welcomed by members
of the Nationalist community as its
protectors from what was seen as
the bias police force (The RUC)
- As the PIRA began
its campaign, it
soon became clear
that it would
sooner or later
target the British
army
- The army decided to act to stop the PIRA getting too strong.
- First strategy (Early July):
Imposition of a military curfew on
the Nationalist Falls Road area of
Belfast. The curfew lasted 34
hours. It was designed to allow
house - to - house searches for
weapons and ammunition. ~ 'The
Rape of the Falls'
- Some guns and
ammunition were
uncovered
- The inconvenience of the curfew
and damage caused during the
searches meant that:
- Reasons
why they
emerged
- PIRA membership increased from 100-800
- Loyalist paramilitaries
- Started to emerge in
places like Shankill Road
in Belfast and the
Fountain area of
Londonderry
- In 1970s uniformed UDA openly patrolled Loyalist areas armed with batons and held large marches and rallies
- By July/August
1971 levels of
violence were at
an all time high
especially in
Londonderry.
Most of the
businesses
bombed were
owned by
Protestants. Brain
Faulkner was
unable to control
the situation
- Results of
internment
- Results of
internment
- 452 people were arrested
- These were by large the wrong people
- Consisted
of no
loyalists
even
though the
loyalist
paramilitaries
were
involved
in
killings
and
bombings
- The
information
the
police
used
was
out
of
date
- These
were by
large the
wrong
people
- These were by large the wrong people
- 452 people were arrested
- Results of
internment
- So he
decided to
introduce
internment.
Had
had
stopped
IRA
violence
before
in
in
the
1920s
and
the
1950s
so
they
thought
it
would
work
again
- Results of
internment
- When the UDA did attack they were claimed under the cover name, the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF)
- By July/August
1971 levels of
violence were at
an all time high
especially in
Londonderry.
Most of the
businesses
bombed were
owned by
Protestants. Brain
Faulkner was
unable to control
the situation
- Started to emerge in
places like Shankill Road
in Belfast and the
Fountain area of
Londonderry
- PIRA membership increased from 100-800
- The inconvenience of the curfew
and damage caused during the
searches meant that:
- The army decided to act to stop the PIRA getting too strong.
- When the British army first came
to NI it was welcomed by members
of the Nationalist community as its
protectors from what was seen as
the bias police force (The RUC)
- IRA split (December 1969)
- IRA ~ 'I Ran Away' This was the
accusation levelled at the IRA
during the summer of 1969. Many
Nationalists felt that it had failed to
defend them during the violence in
August 1969.
- The
information
the
police
used
was
out
of
date
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