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Old 09-23-2018, 02:09 PM   #35
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You're correct, the IRA failed miserably to protect nationalist areas, I Ran Away was being painted on walls all over the north. This is what led to the split and the birth of the provovisionals. They quickly established no go areas that kept out not only Orange mobs, but the army as well.

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