by Ed Moloney
renamed Maze prison, 145, 189, 568
see also Cage 11, Long Kesh; H Blocks (Long Kesh prison); hunger strikes
Loughgall ambush, see Tyrone: Loughgall ambush
Loughran, Seamus, 143
Lowry, Chief Superintendent Bill, 525, 527, 573
Lowry, Sir Robert, 173
Loyalist Volunteer Force, 561
Lynagh, Jim, 308, 311, 320
flying column proposal, 312–14
funeral, 324–25
Loughgall, 306, 315, 318
Lynch, Jack, 54, 58, 101, 110
and August 1969, 66, 265–66, 356
Irish reunification policy, 263–64
Lynch, Martin “Duckser,” 453, 583
Lynch, Sandy, see informers/security breaches (Provisional IRA): Lynch, Sandy
MacAirt, Proinsias, 98, 144, 159
MacBride, Maude Gonne, 48
MacBride, Sean, 48, 310
MacCionnaith, Breandan, 468
MacGiolla, Tomas, 60
MacGiolla Bhride, Antoin, 313–14
MacNeill, Eoin, 310
MacStiofain, Sean, 71, 80, 82, 96–97, 106, 126–27, 392, 394, 613
Felsted raid, 51, 74
Goulding opposition, 60, 75, 77
hunger strike, 118, 213
1972 British talks, 113–14
Magan, Tony, 49
Magee, John Joe, see informers/security breaches (Provisional IRA): Magee: John Joe
Magennis’s Bar, 549–50, 552
Maghaberry jail, 483
Magill (Dublin), 170
Maginnis, Ken, 213, 321
Maguire, Frank, 211
Maguire, Noel, 211–12
Maguire children, 363
Mahon, Catherine and Gerald, see informers/security breaches (Provisional IRA): Mahon, Catherine and Gerald
Maidstone, 28, 105, 109
Major, John, 283–85, 411–12, 433–34, 436, 444, 455–57, 496, 499
Mallie, Eamonn, 410–11
Mallon, Kevin, 143, 241–42, 245, 322
and Tyrone IRA, 161, 311, 385
Mallon, Roseanne, 322
Mallon, Seamus, 278, 563
Malta, 19
Manchester bomb, see Provisional IRA: operations, Manchester bomb
Mandelson, Peter, 503
Mansergh, Martin, 274, 278–79, 284–85, 422, 435, 458, 520, 525
Mansion House, 287, 289, 294–95, 345
Markethill, Co. Armagh, 507
Markets, see Belfast: Markets
Martin, Eugene, 307
Martin, Leo, 78
Marxism, 79, 136
Maskey, Alex, 564
Mason, Roy, 149, 171, 174
Maudling, Reginald, 95, 101, 110
Mawhinney, Gordon, 281
Mayhew, Sir Patrick, 406, 430, 434, 499–500, 572
Maze prison, 145, 299, 323, 364, 444, 487
see also Long Kesh prison
McAliskey, Bernadette, 207, 320
see also Devlin, Bernadette
McAliskey, Michael, 320
McAnespie, Aidan, 303
McArdle, Colette, 107
see also Adams, Colette
McArdle, Maggie, 107
McAteer, Aidan, 402
McAteer, Eddie, 357, 402
McAteer, Hugh, 75, 402
McAuley, Gerald, 67
McAuley, Martin, 486, 512
McAuley, Richard, 170, 340
McCabe, Jack, 115
McCabe, Garda Jerry, 547
McCain, Senator John, 553–54
McCann, Danny, 243–44, 330, 332
McCann, Eamonn, 187, 360, 362
McCartney, Catherine, 550, 552, 555
McCartney, Claire, 550
McCartney, Donna, 550, 554
McCartney, Gemma, 550
McCartney, family, 551–53, 555
McCartney, Paula, 550
McCartney, Robert, killing and cover-up, 549–58, 563, 565, 575, 582
American reaction, 553–55, 557
and decommissioning, 555–56
McCaughey, Martin, 318
McCaughey, Sean, 159
McCluskey, Con and Patricia, 62
McCollum, Seamus, 171
McConville, Jean, 122–25, 547
McCool, Tommy, 360–61
McCrea, Willie, 240, 321–22, 458, 523
McCreesh, Raymond, 568
McCrory, Eamon ‘Ted,’ see Howell, Ted
McCrory, Patrick, 559
McDermott, Eamonn, 84
McDonnell, Alastair, 564
McDonnell, Joe, 568–69
McDowell, Michael, 511, 584
McElwaine, Seamus, 291, 307, 313–15, 317, 325
McFarlane, Brendan ‘Bik,’ 568, 570–72
McGarritty, J. J., 309
McGaughey, David, 542
McGimpsie, Ross, 354
McGirl, John Joe, 71, 189, 198, 295
McGlinchey, Dominic, 314–15, 383
McGlinchey, Mary, 315
McGrady, 564
McGrane, Seamus, 472, 476–79, 609–11
McGuigan, Mary, 73
McGuinness, Frank, 439, 446, 453–54, 472, 479, 507
McGuinness, Martin, xxii, 194, 201, 247, 260, 300–302, 317, 344, 367, 381, 384, 393, 406, 458, 470, 478, 542, 553, 559, 566, 585, 587
abstention debate, 293, 295–97, 342
and Adams think tank, 403, 405
and armed struggle, 297, 299
on Army Council, 164, 166, 378, 382, 526, 583–84
background, 165, 356–62
and cease-fires:
1994–96, 397–98, 418, 422, 424, 426–29, 439, 452, 519
1997, 455–56, 469, 471, 477
cease-fire talks (1972), 14, 113–14, 246
as chief of staff, 173, 215, 613
and decommissioning, 440, 450, 456, 487–88
and de-escalation measures, 369–71
as education minister, 486
and Eksund, xv, 27–28, 32
elected to Northern Ireland Assembly (1982), 190, 219, 242
and Good Friday Agreement, 483, 485, 535
IRA critique, 342, 345, 347
and IRA Executive dispute, 473–74
and Hegarty, Frank, 24–25, 388–89
and Libyan weaponry, 383, 386–88
and Mitchell principles, 484
and 1996 convention, 448, 452–53
and Northern Bank, 546–48, 573
as Northern commander, 21, 160, 165, 301, 382–83
and restructuring plans, 157, 159
Mcllvenna, Sean, 243–44
Mclnerney, Denis, 9–10, 137
McKearney, Kevin, 307
McKearney, Margaret, 306–7
McKearney, Padraig, 306–7, 311–15, 325
McKearney, Sean, 307
McKearney, Tommy, 307
McKee, Billy, 79, 88, 98–99, 121, 143–44, 177, 179, 225, 340
Adams attack on, 166–68, 242
Belfast commander, 141, 146–47, 162, 164
as first Northern commander, 159–61
and IRA split (1969), 60, 70, 73
and St. Matthews, 89–90, 99, 167, 551
McKee, Kevin, see informers/security breaches (Provisional IRA): McKee, Kevin
McKendry, Helen, 124–25
McKendry, Seamus, 124–25
McKenna, Kevin, 329, 384, 401, 403, 414, 417
and cease-fires:
1994–96, 396–97, 400, 426, 439
1997, 469–70
as chief of staff, 18, 243, 384–86, 517, 613
and army conventions:
1996, 441, 445–46, 452–53
1997, 478–79
and East Tyrone ASU, 307, 312–14, 318
and McGuinness, Martin, 386–87, 389
McKenna, Sean, 206–7
McKevitt, Michael “Micky,” 294, 417, 507–8, 517–18, 573
and cease-fires:
1994–96, 397, 426, 439
1997, 468–69, 471–72
and army conventions
:
1996, 441, 446, 450, 452, 454
1997, 477, 479
and Eksund operation, 17–18, 27, 384
and Mitchell principles, 468–69, 474, 506
McKittrick, David, 410–11
McLaughlin, Father, 230
McLaughlin, Mitchel, 80, 278, 299–300, 403, 436, 547, 563–64
and de-escalation measures, 367, 369–71
McMillen, Billy, 70, 72, 87
McMullan, Karen, 538
McMullan, Kevin, 537–38, 546
McMullan, Micky, 81
McNally, Francie, 320–21
McNally, Lawrence, 318
McNally, Phelim, 320–21
McParland, Liam, 84
Meagher, Father Brendan, 207, 260
Megahey, Gabriel, 16, 581–82
Mellows, Liam, 310
MI5, 134, 193, 248, 258–59, 330, 336, 338, 430, 509, 525, 527, 572–74, 577
and IRA informers, 157, 387, 442
see also British intelligence
MI6, 141, 176, 207, 227, 247, 260, 401, 406, 572–74
see also British intelligence
Military Reconnaissance/Reaction Force (MRF), see British intelligence: MRF
Milltown cemetery, 41, 167
Mister Eddie, see Provisional IRA: in Libya, and Mister Eddie
Mitchell, David, 233
Mitchell, George, 440, 456, 483, 487, 502–3, 521–22
Mitchell principles, 461, 464, 473–75, 609–11, 614
Mitchell report, 448, 469, 473, 500
Molloy, Eamonn, see informers/security breaches (Provisional IRA): Molloy, Eamonn
Molloy, Francie, 323
Molloy, Tommy, 323
Monaghan, James, 486, 512
Mooney, Mickey, 437
Morgan, Seamus see informers/security breaches (Provisional IRA): Morgan, Seamus
Morley, David, 147–49, 340
Morrison, Bruce, 421
Morrison, Danny, 150–51, 166, 180, 202–3, 240, 278, 299, 474
and Adams think tank, 402–3
arrest, 334–36, 384
as director of publicity, 150, 166, 189
European election, 242, 244
and hunger strikes, 190, 207–8, 226, 260, 568, 571
Mountbattan, Lord Louis, 175–77
Mountain Climber, 260, 568, 571–72
see also Oatley, Michael
Mowlam, Mo, 457–58, 467, 503, 513
Mugabe, Robert, 525
Mulcahy, Patrick, 78
Mullen, John Paddy, 311
Mullin, Brian, 318
Mulvenna, Paddy, 105–6
Murphy, Francis, 565
Murphy, Lennie, 221–24
see also Shankill Butchers
Murphy, Patrick, 224
Murphy, Paul, 503
Murphy, Tom “Slab,” 161, 381, 385, 417, 441, 459
and Army Council, 382, 386, 389, 453
and cease-fires:
1994–96, 397, 426–27, 439
1997, 470
as chief of staff, 478–79, 517, 583–84, 613
and Libyan weaponry, 21, 27, 384
and smuggling, 547, 565–66
and ‘Tet offensive,’ 329, 333
Murray, Anto, 243–44
Murray, Sean ‘Spike,’ 583
Murray, Tom, 306
Myrtlefield Park, 138–39
na Fianna Eireann, 38, 75, 230
Nally, Dermot, 283
Narrow Water, see Provisional IRA: operations, Narrow Water
National Committee on American Foreign Policy, 420–21, 489
National Democratic Institute, 436
National H Blocks Committee, 207–8, 212–15
Nationalist Party, 37, 50, 62, 278–79, 402
National Liberation Front (NLF), 58–59
National Security Council (U.S.), 427, 441, 490
national self-determination:
British response to Adams letter, 252–54
in Downing Street Declaration, 412–13
IRA view, 394, 410
in Reid-Adams initiative, 270, 272, 275, 282, 284, 298, 411
Neave, Airey, 176
Nelson, Austin, 321
Nelson, Brian, 577–79
New Barnsley, see Belfast: New Barnsley
‘new departure,’ 57–58
Newell, Reverend Kenneth, 224
New Ireland Forum, 267
New York Times, 420, 491
Nicholson, James, 185
ni Elias, Christin, 191–95, 207
Nieminen, Brigadier Tauno, 560
“Nine Pointer,” 406–8
Nixon, Richard, 261
no-jury courts, 144–45
Noraid, see Irish Northern Aid
normalization, 145
Northern Bank robbery, see Provisional IRA: operations, Northern Bank robbery
Northern Command (Provisional IRA), 158–61, 207, 244, 324, 336, 376–77, 431, 438
and IRA operations, 307, 314, 317, 319, 321, 333, 346–49, 444, 458
and McGuinness, Martin, 21, 165, 382–83
and new structures, 159–61
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA), 62–64, 69, 110, 353–54, 362
Northern Ireland Constitution Bill, 129, 133
Northern Ireland Forum, 442, 457
Northern Ireland Office (NIO), 258–59, 366–67, 371, 433
IRA talks, 139, 144
Northern Ireland state, xix, 37–44, 62–63, 85, 308
see also O’Neill, Terence; Stormont
Notarantonio, Francisco, 578
Nugent, Malcolm, 324
Oatley, Michael, 207, 213, 258, 260, 406, 573
see also British intelligence, “Mountain Climber”
O Bradaigh, Ruairi, 8, 59, 112, 114, 168, 179, 190, 207, 242, 280, 289, 492, 505
Adams move against, 178–91, 196–97, 204
and Ard Fheis (1986), 289, 291, 295, 507–8
background, 77–78
Eire Nua debate, 181–83, 189–91
and elections, 78, 198–200, 202, 211, 291
and IRA split (1969), 71, 73, 79
and negotiations with British, 144, 165–66, 405
and ni Elias, Christin, 192, 194
and 1974 cease-fire, 143–44, 165–66, 397
and shift to the left, 184–86
as Sinn Fein president, 72, 78
O Bradaigh, Sean, 189
O’Brien, Ed, 443
O’Brien, Edna, 420
Observer, 24, 337
O’Callaghan, Gerard, 307
O’Callaghan, Sean, see informers/security breaches (Provisional IRA): O’Callaghan, Sean
O’Caolain, Caoimhghin, 291, 529
O’Clery, Conor, 231, 424
O Conaill, Daithi, 12, 60, 70, 113–14, 139, 150, 164, 179, 207, 242, 280, 289, 392
Adams move against, 178–92, 196–97, 204
and Ard Fheis (1986), 294–95
in Crumlin prison, 56, 78
and Eire Nua, 181–85
and elections, 198–200, 202, 211
and 1974 cease-fire, 143, 165–66, 397
and shift to the left, 184–86
O’Connell, Joe, 291, 480
O’Connor, Joe, 508
O’Connor, John (cardinal of New York), 237
O’Connor, Laurence, 84
October 5, 1968, march (Derry), 63–64, 352, 354
O’Donnell, Dwayne, 324
O’Donnell, Kevin Barry, 318
O’Donnell, Margaret, 364, 370
O’Donnell, Peadar, 48, 57
O’Dowd, Niall, 421
O Duill, Piaras, 207
O’Dwyer, Paul, 421
O’Farrell, Sean, 319
O Fiaich, Tomas (cardinal of Ireland), 227–28, 232–38, 269, 275
Official IRA, 72, 77, 80, 111, 136, 265, 311, 495
in Derry, 359–61
and Falls curfew, 90–91, 96
feuds with Provisionals, 97, 106, 134, 147, 167–69
Oglaigh na hEire
ann (ONH), 49, 342, 376, 398, 450–51, 479
Ogra Sinn Fein, 590
O’Hagan, Joe (J. B.), 143, 295, 312, 476
O’Hagan, Kathleen, 322
O’Hanlon, Fergal, 198
O hAnnrachain, Padraig, 261
O’Hara, Patsy, 568
O’Hare, Gerry, 178–79, 187
O’Hare, Rita, 179
O hUiginn, Padraig, 463
O hUiginn, Sean, 284, 463
Oldfield, Sir Maurice, 177, 227, 406
see also British intelligence
O’Leary, Olivia, xv
O’Loan, Nuala, 125
Omagh bombing, 508
O’Malley, Des, 274
O Muilleoir, Mairtin, 299, 584
O’Neill, Colette, 316
O’Neill, Diarmuid, 443
O’Neill, Owen Roe, 308
O’Neill, Captain Terence, 53–54, 61–62, 64–65, 86, 589
Operation Harvest, 50, 311
see also IRA (pre-1969): Border Campaign
Operation Mallard, 33
Operation Motorman, 117, 128
Operation Ramparts, 144
operations department (Provisional IRA), 377
Opsahl report, 369–71
Orange Order, 43–44, 65, 83, 590
parades, 44, 86, 89, 465–68, 527–28, 589
O’Rawe, Richard, 568–72
Orde, Chief Constable Hugh, 539, 543
O’Riordan, Father Sean, 235–36
O Snodaigh, Aengus, 564
Paisley, Reverend lan, xiii, 95, 233, 280, 355, 489, 523, 527–28, 542, 585
and elections, 86, 89, 535, 541
and loyalists, 61, 65
and power-sharing Executive, 587–91
and protests, 63–64, 97, 359
Palace Barracks, Hollywood, 109, 119
pan-nationalist unity, 399, 416, 487
and Army Council (Provisional IRA), 389–90, 423
and IRA military strategy, 336, 339, 389
in Reid-Adams initiative, 238, 270, 273, 298, 422
Papal Nuncio, 236
Parachute Regiment, 96, 176
and Bloody Sunday, 110, 350, 362, 548
Parnell, Charles Stuart, 309
Parnell Square, 207
Pathway to Peace, 401
Paul VI, 237
Peace and Reconciliation Group (PRG), 364–71
see also Derry: de-escalation measures
peace commission, 417
Peace People, 363–64
peace process, xx–xxi, 34, 150, 224, 236, 245, 254, 496
British aide-memoire, 461–62
and Catholic church, 231–38
“Concrete Proposal, A” 275, 280, 631–40
Forum for Peace and Reconciliation, 277
framework documents, 437
“Heads of Agreement,” 484–85 and Labour government, 457–58
“stepping stones,” 275–76, 631–40
and Thatcher resignation, 283
see also Downing Street Declaration; Good Friday Agreement; Hume-Adams process; Reid-Adams initiative
Pearse, Patrick, 52, 54, 188, 309
Peep O’Day Boys, 82–83
penal laws, 82
Penn, Sean, 581