Birth of the Provisional IRA

The Irish Republican Army fails to protect Catholics from loyalist attacks in Belfast in 1969. The organisation splits as a result, with the Provisional IRA emerging as the dominant armed wing of republicanism.

19 March 2013

1 minute

This clip is from

Written In Blood: The Paramilitaries

Paramilitaries in the Northern Ireland Troubles—BBC History website
BBC archive clips about paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland.

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