by Thomas Leahy
and RUC Special Branch, 141–142, 240
and the British government, 141
and the Tasking and Co-ordinating Groups (TCGs), 141
structure, 139–140
Four-Square Laundry, 32, 82, See also Military Reaction Force (MRF)
Fox, Billy, 92
Frampton, Martyn. See also Bew, Johnon talks with the IRA (1972), 244
on the Belfast IRA, 143
on the East Tyrone Brigade (IRA), 183
on the intelligence war, 3
on the IRA ceasefire (1975), 67, 81, 245
on the peace process, 4, 209, 223, 244
Fryers, Robert, 192
Fulton, Kevin, 185
Garda, 100, 161, 165, 173, 188, 189and Gerry Adams, 200
and the British Army, 99, 188
and the Derry IRA, 92, 93, 94, 161
and the Fermanagh IRA, 188
and the IRA, 91, 188, 204
and the Metropolitan Police Special Branch, 106
and the RUC, 99, 100, 188, 189
and the South Armagh IRA, 100, 165, 188
Garda Special Branch, 42, 100, 106, 191, 194
GCHQ, 14, 90, 140, 151, 167
Gibney, Jim, 220
Gibraltar, 156, 193, 214, 235
Gillespie, Patsy, 162
Gilmour, Raymond, 11, 124, 157–158, 160, See also Barker, Alan
Gilvarry, Maurice, 147–148, See also Valente, Peter
Glover, Brigadier Sir James, 126, 142, 187
Good Friday Agreement (1998), 127, 170, 171, 181, 200, 219, 220, 222, 226, 227, 228, 229, 234
Gow, Ian, 193, 207
Graham, Edgar, 151
Green, James, 144, See also Heatherington, Vincent; McGrogan, Myles
Grey, Stephen, 146, 243
Hackett, Sir John, 65
Hanna, William, 152
Harnden, Toby, 43, 45, 95, 99, 165, 167, 169, 170, See also South Armagh Brigade (IRA)
Harrison, Tony, 155
Harte, Paddy, 64
Harvey, Seamus, 166
Haughey, Charles, 200, 203, 217, See also Fianna Fáil; Mansergh, Martin; Reynolds, Albert
Heaney, Denis, 159
Heath, Edward, 50, See also British Conservative Party; British government policy; Thatcher, Margaret; Whitelaw, Williamand intelligence, 56, 57, 59, 241
and subversion, 17, 19, 25, 28, 79
and the IRA, 25, 26, 39, 56, 58, 59, 65, 79, 241
and the Irish government, 23, 25
on the IRA, 25
Heatherington, Vincent, 143–144, See also Green, James; McGrogan, Myles; O’Brien, Seamus
Hegarty, Frank, 157
Hewitt, Steve, 30, 84, 243
Hezbollah, 10
Hill, Robin, 184
Hillery, Dr Patrick, 22
Holland, 72
Holmes, Gerard, 158
Hughes, Brendan, 29, 90, See also Fenton, Josephand Gerry Adams, 55, 226
and the Boston College tapes, 12
and the Lenadoon incident (1972), 54
arrest (1973), 82
arrest (1974), 82
on Belfast IRA support (1970–1972), 38
on Jean McConville, 12, 83, 84
on Joseph Fenton, 147
on Seamus Wright, 33, 83
on the Belfast Brigade (IRA), 82, 147
on the IRA ceasefire (1972), 55
on the IRA ceasefire (1975), 66
on the Loughgall SAS ambush (1987), 182, 184
on the Old Bailey bombing (1973), 104
on the peace process, 226
on Vincent Heatherington, 143
Hughes, Francis, 178
Hume, John. See also Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)and Gerry Adams, 201, 217, 222, 225
and the British government, 26, 201, 202
and the Brooke-Mayhew talks (1991–1992), 208
and the IRA and Sinn Féin, 26, 117, 134, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 207, 227
and the peace process, 204
Hunt, John, 70
Informers, 243, See also Agentsand British intelligence, 9, 30, 130, 243
and the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921), 2
and the United Irishmen, 2
definition, 10
motives, 11
Ingram, Martin. See also Braniff, Anthony; Burns, Gregory; Dignam, John; Fenton, Joseph; Flood, Patrick; Finnis, Ruari; Hegarty, Frank; Starrs, Aidanon agents and informers, 144
on Anthony Braniff, 148
on Frank Hegarty, 157
on Gregory Burns, 179–180
on Joseph Fenton, 147, 148, 151
on motives for agents and informers, 11
on Patrick Flood, 158
on Ruari Finnis, 158
on Stakeknife, 2
on the Loughgall SAS ambush (1987), 182
Internment (1971), 20, 21, 22, 23, 31, 37, 39, 44, 48, 66
Iran, 10
Irish Army, 188, 189, 197, 204
Irish government (Irish state) and Eamonn McDavitt (1971), 48
and fear of a unionist backlash, 214
and loyalists and unionists, 72–75, 114, 132, 202–203
and the Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985), 132
and the British government, 25, 113, 131–132, 135, 136, 206–207, 208, 220–223, 224–225, 233–234, 238
and the IRA and Sinn Féin, 50–51, 58–59, 74, 92–93, 94, 96, 99–100, 110, 165, 187–189, 200–205, 206–207, 208, 212–215, 217, 221–223, 224–225, 233–234, 238
and the SDLP, 114, 200–205, 206–207, 220–223, 233–234, 238
and the United Nations, 74, 113, 188
broadcasting ban, 214
constitution, 202
Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, 72, 73, 74, 102, 110, 111, 113, 135, 204, 205
Offences Against the State Act, 200, 214
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), 8, 157, 178
Irish Republican Army (old IRA, 1919–1921), 2
Israel-Palestine conflict, 1
Jack, Hugh, 192
Jenkins, Roy, 70, 78
Johnston, Ivan, 95
Joint Intelligence Committee, 40
Kalyvas, Stathis N, 6, 11, 87, 239
Keenan, Brian, 191
Keenan, Sean, 91
Kelly, Gerry, 103, 196, 232
Kenyan Emergency, 1, 21, 22, 39
Kerr, Michael, 67–68
Kerry (county), 101, 191, 197
Kildare (county), 156
King, Frank, 122
King, Tom, 134, 135, See also Thatcher, Margaret
Kitson, Brigadier Sir Frank, 23, 29, 30, 31, 35
Lambert, Stephen, 230, 231
Laneside, 24, 57, 64, 109
Larkin, Paul, 190
Latham, Richard, 176
Lean, Robert, 124
Leitrim (county), 204
Lennon, Kenneth Joseph, 105
Lewis, Rob, 141, 157, 174, 175
Liles, Brigadier Ian, 173
Lisburn, 57, 96, 140, 144
London bombings. See Provisional IRA:activities in England
Long Kesh, 66, 82, 85, 143
Loughran, Seamus, 58, 111
Louth (county), 43, 83, 99, 101, 103, 190
Lynch, Jack, 22, 23, 25, 50, 59, See also Fianna Fáil
Lynch, Patrick, 91
MacDonald, Darach, 171, 172
MacGiolla Bhride, Antoin, 174–175
MacManus, Seán, 214
MacStiofáin, Sean and the end of Stormont (1972), 24
and the Free Derry press conference (1972), 52
on negotiations (1972), 26, 49, 50, 53, 55, 56, 57
on the Eamon McDavitt shooting (1971), 48
on the IRA (1970–1972), 44
Magee, Patrick, 192, 193, 195, See also Provisional IRA (IRA): Brighton bombing (1984); Sherry, Peter
Maginnis, Ken, 177
Maguire, Charles, 159
Maguire, Peter, 173
Mahon, Catherine, 148
Mahon, Gerard, 148
Major, John, 133, 197
, See also Brooke, Peter; Mayhew, Sir Patrick; Thatcher, Margaretand decommissioning, 225
and John Hume, 207
and MI5, 194
and the IRA and Sinn Féin, 136, 137, 232, 241, 242
and the pan-nationalist talks, 210
and the SAS, 210
and the Ulster Unionist Party, 225
and the ‘war is over’ message (1993), 209
Malayan Emergency, 21
Mansergh, Martin, 200, 201, 208, See also Fianna Fáil; Irish government (Irish state); Haughey, Charles; Reynolds, Albert
Marshall, Sam, 181, 182, See also North and mid-Armagh IRA
Martin, William, 165
Mason, Roy, 96, 123–124, 125, 128–129, 131, See also British Labour Party; Callaghan, James; Rees, Merlyn; Wilson, Harold
Matchett, William on British security strategy, 132–133
on cross-border security, 188
on intelligence, 9, 10, 11, 41, 89, 141, 142
on IRA counter-intelligence (1974), 91
on rural IRA units, 154, 186
on the East Tyrone Brigade (IRA), 183
on the Force Research Unit (FRU), 141
on the Loughgall SAS ambush (1987), 182–183
on the South Armagh Brigade (IRA), 102, 166, 168, 169, 223
Maudling, Reginald, 22, 23
Mau-Mau, 1, 22
Mayhew, Sir Patrick, 209, See also British government policy; Brooke, Peter; Major, John; Thatcher, Margaret
McAnulty, John, 165
McBrearty, George, 159, See also Maguire, Charles
McBride, Séan, 110, 215
McCann, Dan, 156
McCauley, Martin, 180, See also Tighe, Michael
McClean, Paddy Joe, 48
McConville, Jean, 12, 13, 83–84, See also Hughes, Brendan; Moloney, Ed; Price, Dolores; Provisional IRA (IRA): and the disappeared
McCreesh, Raymond, 165, See also McAnulty, John
McDavitt, Eamonn, 48
McElwaine, Seamus, 177, See also Fermanagh IRA; SAS
McEntee, Patrick, 165
McGartland, Martin, 148, 149, 150, 151, 155, See also Ian Phoenix and Tony Harrison
McGladdery, Gary, 103, 191, 196
McGlinchey, Dominic, 178
McGrogan, Myles, 143–144, See also Green, James and Heatherington, Vincent
McGuinness, Martin, 58, 160, 214, 223, 231and Denis Donaldson, 200, 235
and Irish republican strategy (1976–1998), 128, 130
and talks with British representatives, 128, 207
and the Free Derry press conference (1972), 52
and the IRA ceasefire (1975), 115, 220
and the peace process, 136, 196, 219, 220, 224, 231, 232
arrest (1972), 91, 94
Mid-Ulster MP (1997), 225
on the south Armagh watchtowers, 171, 231
McGuire, Maria, 53, 55
McHugh, Susan, 212
McIntyre, Anthony on Denis Donaldson, 3, 228, 229
on Stakeknife, 3, 145, 146, 148, 228
on the peace process, 3, 227
McKearney, Tommy, 226, See also East Tyrone Brigade (IRA)on agents and informers, 228–229, 236, 243, 248
on British strategy, 42, 66, 88, 134–135
on county Tyrone, 46
on Denis Donaldson, 184, 228–229
on IRA activities in England, 102–103, 104, 192–193, 194
on IRA cells, 149–150, 160
on Martin McGuinness, 231
on Sinn Féin, 157
on Stakeknife, 145, 146, 150
on the Belfast Brigade (IRA), 85, 88, 142, 149–150, 152
on the East Tyrone Brigade (IRA), 48, 184
on the IRA and the Irish state, 214
on the IRA ceasefire (1975), 82
on the IRA leadership, 226
on the IRA’s Long War strategy, 126
on the Loughgall SAS ambush (1987), 182
on the peace process, 216, 231
on the RUC and UDR, 213
on the rural IRA, 44, 99, 100, 187, 190
McKee, Billy, 68, 109, 110
McKee, Kevin, 33, 82–83, See also Hughes, Brendan; Wright, Seamus
McKeown, Laurence on civilian casualties, 153
on IRA activities in England, 105, 194–195
on surveillance, 150
on the Belfast Brigade (IRA), 85
on the East Tyrone Brigade (IRA), 184
on the IRA, 144, 154, 177, 178
on the peace process, 216, 222, 224, 227
on the rural IRA, 101–102, 186
on the South Armagh Brigade (IRA), 173
McKerr, Gervaise, 180, See also Burns, Sean; Toman, Eugene
McKittrick, David, 208
McLaughlin, Mitchel, 201
McShane, Roy, 229
McSheffrey, Eddie, 160
McVeigh, Columba, 95, See also Provisional IRA (IRA): and the disappeared
McVeigh, David, 179
McVeigh, Patrick, 37, See also Military Reaction Force (MRF)
McVerry, Michael, 101
McWhirter, Ross, 106
Meaklin, William, 95
Meath (county), 144
Meehan, Martin, 45
Megraw, Brendan, 144, See also Provisional IRA: and the disappeared
Metropolitan Police Special Branch (MPSB), 7, 104, 105, 193, 240and Garda Special Branch, 106
and IRA activities in England, 106
and Kenneth Joseph Lennon, 105
and MI5, 106–107, 140, 194, 240
and Patrick Magee, 193
and the arrests of Peter Sherry and Patrick Magee, 192
MI5, 14, 33, 76, 90, 174, 240and agents and informers, 140
and Harold Wilson, 78
and intelligence cooperation, 40, 139, 140
and intelligence rivalries, 7, 141
and Metropolitan Police Special Branch (MPSB), 106, 194
and TCGs, 141
and technical surveillance, 140, 151, 180
and the IRA, 136, 192, 197
and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), 142
and The Way Ahead for Security Policy (1977), 122
on Libyan weapons, 197
MI6, 65, 68, 76, 131, See Oatley, Michael; Steele, Frank
Middleton, Donald, 70, 112, 122
Military Intelligence Liaison Officer (MILO), 33, 40
Military Reaction Force (MRF), 29, 32, 83, 84, See also Cursey, Simonand 14 Intelligence Company, 139
and Belfast, 31–32, 37–38, 39
and the Four-Square laundry, 32–33, 82–83
and the shooting of James Bryson, 87
and the shooting of Patrick McVeigh, 37
foundation, 30, 33
Ministry of Defence (MOD), 43, 96
Mitchell, Tom, 46
Molloy, Eamon, 84–85, See also Bradley, Gerry; Feeney, Brian; Moloney, Ed
Moloney, Ed, 12–13on Denis Donaldson, 228
on Eamon Molloy, 84–85
on Gerry Adams and the peace process, 225–226
on IRA internal security, 145
on Myles McGrogan and Vincent Heatherington, 143
on the East Tyrone Brigade (IRA), 183
on the Eksund, 196
on the intelligence war, 4, 29
on the IRA ceasefire (1975), 81
on the peace process, 135, 227
Monaghan (county), 47, 51, 95, 190and county Tyrone, 99
and Seamus McElwaine, 177
and the Fermanagh IRA, 176
and the IRA, 50, 99, 189
and unionism, 51
Morris, Frank, 25
Morrison, Danny and talks with the SDLP (1988), 203
on civilian casualties, 153
on Denis Donaldson, 231–232
on screening, 86
on Stakeknife, 2
on the Belfast Brigade (IRA), 34, 39, 85, 156
on the Brooke-Mayhew talks, 208
on the cell structure, 155
on the intelligence war, 197–198
on the IRA ceasefire (1972), 52–53
on the IRA ceasefire (1994), 198
on the IRA’s Long War strategy, 127
on the peace process, 3, 211, 217–218
on the republican leadership, 231–232
on the rural IRA, 41, 45, 186
on the South Armagh Brigade (IRA), 45, 171
Mowlam, Mo, 233, See also the British Labour Party, Blair, Tony, Powell, Jonathan
Mulhern, John Joseph, 148, See also Stakeknife
Mulholland, Marc, 51, 153
Mulroe, Patrick, 94, 99, 100, 189
Mumford, Andrew, 54
Murray, Father Raymond, 33
Nairac, Robert, 95–96, 97, See also Provisional IRA: and the disappeared, South Armagh Brigade (IRA)
Nelson, Brian, 242
Nelson, Rosemary, 139, 141, 142, 181
Neumann, Peter, 23, 67, 208
Nicaragua, 211
North and mid-Armagh IRA, 5, 6, 179–182, 187, 198, 237, 242
North and mid-Down IRA, 178–179, 198
Northern Ireland Office, 52, 55, 64, 68, 70, 76, 90, 112, 122, 135, 241
Ó Bradaigh, Ruairi, 63and elections, 111
and Glenn Barr, 73, 110, See also Barr, Glenn
and the IRA ceasefire (1974–1975), 69, 106, 109–110, 111–112, 115
on a federal Ireland (Éire Nua), 49–50, 51, 52, 55
on loyalism and unionism, 109–110, 112
on peace talks, 51
Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín, 225
Ó Conaill, Daithí and talks with Sir John Hackett, 65
and the Free Derry press conference (1972), 52
and the IRA ceasefire (1974–1975), 111, 112, 116
and the IRA ceasefire (June–July 1972), 55, 57–58
and the SDLP,
on a federal Ireland (Éire Nua), 49–50, 51–52, 55
on elections, 111
on loyalism and unionism, 51–52, 110–111
on peace talks, 52, 115
on the Constitutional Convention, 111
on the Irish government, 59
Ó Dochartaigh, Niall on British strategy, 122, 205
on Derry city, 37, 93
on negotiations, 56, 220
on regional IRA units, 239
on the IRA ceasefire (1974–1975), 109, 114, 117, 122
on the IRA’s Long War strategy, 126, 128
on the peace process, 4
on the republican leadership, 239
