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What happened to the IRA in Gibraltar?
Operation Flavius was a military operation in which three members of a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) cell were shot dead by undercover members of the British Special Air Service (SAS) in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988. The deaths were the first in a chain of violent events in a fourteen-day period.
What did the IRA do?
The Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent, socialist …
Did the British army defeat the IRA?
In their efforts to defeat the IRA, there were incidents of collusion between British soldiers and Ulster loyalist paramilitaries….Operation Banner.
Date | 14 August 1969 – 31 July 2007 (37 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) |
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Location | Northern Ireland |
Result | Stalemate Paramilitary ceasefires Demilitarisation Good Friday Agreement |
What happened Mairead Farrell?
Mairéad Farrell (Irish: Máiréad Ní Fhearghail or Mairéad Ní Fhearail) (3 March 1957 – 6 March 1988) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). She was shot dead by the British Army in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988.
When did the IRA get shot in Gibraltar?
Operation Flavius was a military operation in which three members of a Provisional Irish Republican Army cell were shot dead by undercover members of the British Special Air Service in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988.
How was the IRA lost?
Traditional IRA Losses Your IRA basis is attributed to nondeductible contributions and rollovers of after-tax amounts from qualified plans, 403(b) accounts, and 457(b) plans.
Was Mairead Farrell married?
Louis Ronanm. 2015
Eddie Fitzpatrickm. 2004–2010
Mairead Ronan/Spouse