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South Armagh IRA: Ambush at the Border, 1989
In March 1989, the South Armagh Brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) carried out a bold, meticulously planned ambush near the border, killing two…
Aug 16, 2025

May 2025

Ambush at Loughgall: The Inside Story
Inside the 1987 SAS Massacre of the East Tyrone Brigade’s ‘A-Team’.
May 26, 2025
The Ghost of South Armagh
Captain Robert Nairac, Collusion, and Britain’s Secret War in Ireland.
May 4, 2025
‘Talking to People in South Armagh’ by Captain Robert Nairac
Nairac’s Internal British Army Memo on Counterinsurgency in Republican South Armagh (1977)
May 4, 2025

April 2025

Attack at Derryard: The IRA’s Final Frontal Assault
Inside the 1989 commando-style IRA raid that stunned the British military.
Apr 20, 2025
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