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ALL INFORMATION CONTAIMED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPT
WHERE SHOWMOTHERWISE
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
New York, New York
DATE: 03-30-2011
CLASSIFIED BY 60322 UC/LP'/PLJ/JCF
January 9, 1995
REAS0N: 1.4 (b, d)
DECLASSIFY 0N: 03-30-2036
IRISH NORTHERN AID COMMITTEE
UNITED IRISH APPEAL
International Terrorism - Northern Ireland
This communication is classified "secxe
in its
entirety.
In response to a reauest for information concerning
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The IRISH NORTHERN AID COMMITTEE, alSo KnOWn aS
NORAID, is an organization which was formed during April, 197o in
New York, New York by MIcHAEL FLANNERY, with the aSsistance of
and JoHN McGOwAN. : It had two .stated objectives:
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"ro aid and help by sending money.
clothing, and medicine to the suffering
and oppressed people of the six occupied
counties of Ireland who are endeavoring
to obtain their basic civil rights," and
"To- assist in establishing-a thirty-two-
county Irish Republic, with full civil
and religious liberty guaranteed to all
its peopie."
NORAID's second objective mirrors the military aim
of the PROVISIONAL IRISH REPUBLICAN- ARMY, and for gOod reaSOn -
FLANNERY, from Co. Tipperary, fought with the IRISH REPUBLICAN
ARMY during the troubles of 1919-i923. It is believed that he
emigrated to the United States in 1927. He died in 1994.
To this day, FLANNERY's organization remains devoted
to these objectives. It is believed that it's major contribution
This document contains neither recommendations nor
conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is
being loaned to your agency. 1
It and its contents are not to be
distributed outside your agency.
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