IRA Part 1 of 7 · 61-7606 sect 1-5 · p.267
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61-7606 is the FBI’s old main file on the Irish Republican Army. 61 is the classification (treason / internal security in that era). 7606 is the case number. When the paper got too thick they bound it into sections. Joshua Smith’s 2015 release is seven PDFs covering sections 1–32, from 1939 into the early 1990s. A serial is one document inside a section (a letter, teletype, or clipping). The file list follows those PDFs, not the serial numbers.
The 2015 drop includes a second PDF with an embedded text layer for some parts (_text). Same pages as the scan; that copy is omitted from the file list. Word-level OCR differs and search may still hit both.
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moim as the' old Iriah Ropublican Aray ar pre-truce Irish Republioan
Aray:. They supported the Froe State Govarament and formod & sort st
ar-servies men's society to protect their interssts, socure ponsioins
Irom the atate, etc. Arter the retaru to power ef De Talera, thare
as another split in the Iriah Republican Lrmy, and sinoe then 1t
haa boon dqclining in atrength and.inTngpge,ip.Jeolndottaelt.
Irish Ropublioan Aray activities in the Daitod Statas are
primarily ideatiriod with the Clan Ha Geel, whieh was organlsed 1n
1b60 and mhich cavo practical and finaneiai support to the men e?
$:to0 m ue1o s 'gt61 'xoam to4nug so uo1rroqex saz' uT puwexr
efficeray members mnd friends collectbd most cf the several nillions
of dollars raised through the sale of Irish Republican Bends 1n 1922
to help tbe Republicans in Ireland in the rebollicn against Mngland.
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The parant organization of tbe clan Ma Gael ia saia to bo
tbe Penfan Brotherhood, which waa crgenisod 1n l862-1863, the 8ims
and hopes of tnis organisation being to work for the freedom of Ire-
land by physical farco. This orgarisation oxtends over the whole
of the United States, end the local umits are called Carps, most of
mhich hate a uniformed group composed of morbers of the arganization
called the Irish Voluntears cr some similar nane, such aa the Clan
Na Gael Cuardo.. It is stated that during the Land War of 1Bbo-l886
this crganisation sent mombers to Ireland, many of whom vere connectod
with the dynanite outrages in Kngland. It is etated that this or-
ganization has always taught loyalty to the Vnitod States, but tbat
a saall group during World War fl becane pro-German and united with
certain Garnans to iupode the war aims or this Govarnnent, and the
extrecists adoptod a courae af action never sanctioned at any time
by the membars-at-large. It is statod thnt this arganisation worked
among the Iriah soldiera who served in the Mritish Axay and were
taken priaoners by the Garmans and organised the Irish Brigado.
(65-2500—
The Bew Iork Times of August 2, l922,.carries an articlo
Indicating & split in the clnn Ka Gael and the setting up'ef an arw
ganization kmow as the Clan Ma Cael Roorganized, which was formed
1n August, 1920, and compossd of manbers of the eld crganization mbo
soaght & nore radical policy. One Harry J. Boland is credited with
baving caused a break betwoen the regular dcrganisation and the Irish
Rerolutionary Brotherhood in Ireland. The latter Beverod all con-
noctions with the Clan Na Gaol in this country. Both the Clan Ma
Oael and the Clan Ma Gael Roorganised presently exiat ln this country..
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