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nkthe IRAisa savlor to the*
and It.falls under.the umbrella:of the
Irish'Republican movement,he,safd!
it Noraid]is'a front for the purchase
peopOtherwiseitheBriishwould
He added that:when someone was
ofweapons,I'msure'I could findyou
killi:them:allThey'diburn.themout:
jailed:fn.NorthernIreland,7his.famlly
a dozenipeople in.Chicago:who.could
Ifthe Britishhavegunswecan have
recelvedtinancialsaidfromjthe
vouch thatit's posiuvely true,the
Northern Irelandgovernment
But/anothermember,whoasked
been.thrown out ofa.Chicago Noraid
nottobeidentifiedcautioned'the
something.he sald
meeting:forspeakingsagainstysup
two:men:on-theiristatementsrwhen'
DespftewhatThatcherand theUS
porting.violence..
they:spoke toa reporter
governmentsaythelocaltNorald
I:veitoldithem:local Noraid offl
YuEverybody.knows-sthe-IRA.is
group maintainsithat it:isopen and
cials]about that-hereand they tell
there functioning in Northern Irelan-
jhonest and isworkingforashumani
Bime tobecome enlightened:
dshe.said*Don'tInvolve.them in
tariancause. Itsayssitsimembership
Thelmanysaild heathoughtthat/at
s:openito.anyone who:willi pay the?
Anotherwoman-who:also.didnot
S5-per-year.dues.
pestlocal:Noraidr members:were
wantto be Identifiedsaid she-would
naive if:they.belleved thelrdonations
serlouslyreconsider-her-role/in No
Patrick:Creighton's:wife,Shella,the
reallywent.tosupportIrishfamilies.
raidif.the.government.could proveit
group'svice president.
Wanta united Ireland*
FederaleJudgeyCharles.tHaight
The.localNoraidmembers.say
:Stuart:McLaughlin,a:salesman
ruledinNewYorkinMay1981 that
such(talk:ishogwash.They.say;that
Whoghails:fromBelfast:agreedAl
Noraidwwas:an-agentot theIrish
in'addition to helplngprisoners-fam-
though:he.saidhe-was:personally
RepublicanArmyTheydecision
illes,they-are.inithergroup to;show.
pro'anything thatwillget.the British
stemmedefromaysuitfledbythe
their supportfor.a united-Ireland'and
out:ofIreland,"headded,we'rea
lgovernmentstocompelithegroup.to
topush for the disseminatlon ofwhat
family/group.jIzhave.eight.kids./1
make3full:disclosures:in,compliance
they.call-accurateinformation·on the
on'twant tosee anybodyget hurt
withithe Foreign Agents Registration
situation inNorthern·Ireland
Inganginterviewyathishome,
Act:The decision,was:upheldinan
Creightonysaidhe.wasconcerned
Those In:the chapter.here,like:the
about theimage Noraidmight have
Creightons,who/hiail:from:Northern
OnlMarch10thelocalNorald
Werdon't/wantradicalstInthe,
Ireland;havepersonal-horror,stories
wereaseriousgroup,he
group:will:march-in:the'St.Patrick's
aboutconditlonsthere;twhlch/they
groupy..
said."We'rehere.to.ralse.money.to
share occasionallyat-theirmonthly
meetings.They/say.they.fear:for-re-
auves leftbehind.
mattersky
Some ofthe American-born:mem-
XCrelghton2has:hadenough:trouble
savior to thepeople.
bersucorrespondwithvfamiliesin
inhis.ownfamilytolast:himatlfe
Otherwise the British
NorthernIreland,;andthrough:them
ime,hesaldwhenhewasi14years
they-feel:personaliy/attached:tothe
old-andelooking:torihistfirstjobhe.
was:hiredandfiredthesameday
YThe Noraid members.contend that:
whenhis:employerfound:outhe:was
the,probleminusteris.notreligious,
Catholic.
a'fightbetweenaiCathollc.minority.
Hissister.wholived-inamixed
and7a7Protestantmajority/Some,
neighborhood，wasforcedtoleave
rade.issponsored:by.they1:300-mem
suchyasCreighton,*pointoutsthat
her:home:because./somebodyelse
ber/Shamrock Club,the·largest:Irish
they haveiProtestant:relatives.They
wanted the:house.The Britlshstood
social'groupin.town.
willitelliyou-howCathollc.and;Prot-
by:and:laughed as:shetand:her:three
Although:there are:no formal ties
estant‘Irishmen fought'side by side in
childrenwerejforcediout,Creighton
betweenNoraldand3theyShamrock
WorldWarIIrhca
said.
ClubsomeShamrock-membersalso
TheysayAtheyquestlon-isonerof
His nephew.a semi-literate, dys-
belong/to:Noraid-and/attend/Noraid!
politicsrandeconomics,ofdenial.of
lexic.youngman:who:Creighton:says
events,saldEarl/Powell,Shamrock
Cjobs/andhousing,based'onpolitical
could-not/havewrittenhis-alleged7
presldentPowell said, however.that
confessionwas:sentenced'tolifein
aylargeynumbernot:Shamrock
Protectingfamilies
Long Keshprison:on'a charge:of'act-
membersdon't endorsethelr standt
ingiasra lookoutwhen another:man
They[Noraid] may be instrumen-
One:memberwho-asked.notto:bey
Was killedp
tal:In helping.to get guns,Powell
identifiedwouldadmitthatNoraid
Crelghton:says:he.has seen'young
waswindirectly/helping:the:IRAby
peopleishot:on:Ulster streetsfor vir
relievingthe IRAof.the responsibil-
twallynoreasonHe tellsof:interro
tyof/helpingtheiprisoners'familes.
tion:centers:where:youngpeople
He characterized thelocalNoraid
Buthe, too,"deniedithat Noraid/fi-
alpheldwithoutbeingcharged:with
leadersas'goodpeople,but'saidthey
nanced arms purchases.
allcrimelwherexconfessionsrare
might:beibeing dupedwith regard to
Severalotherssaid they were phil-
their.collectons.y
osophically behindthesIRA'sacuv
Thereisnocontrol of.their.mon
withoutjuries.
tles.
He hasa huge.rubber bulletin-his
ey.onceit isoutrortheirhands.
The British came In and turned on
Theyvebeenled tobelleve.theycan
thepeopleythey createdthe-IRA,
home,thekind he says;British forces
have used tokillUIster children.
CreightonsaidThe:IRA Isprotect
One Shamrockmember-who-did
whenuLgetgoingsitimakesiyou
nghomesandfamlles.i
burninside,"Creighton:said:*Ipd
notwant to beidentified said he'con
Said·DenisO'Donoghue,also from
sidereditdangeroustomakera
sonallywouldsend.guns,but:I.car
involye NoraidIn.that
statementthat'snotpositive-about
uwe[Noraid]are/authorninthe
British·side?Thatmakes.us'feelgood
WhenThatcher mentioned NoraidIn
regard'to.the Harrodsbombingl Ifel
good.If:I:can:botherherthatmuch
then:I'mdoingsomeygoodShe:let
young men die InLongKesh
2
nkthe IRAisa savlor to the*
and It.falls under.the umbrella:of the
Irish'Republican movement,he,safd!
it Noraid]is'a front for the purchase
peopOtherwiseitheBriishwould
He added that:when someone was
ofweapons,I'msure'I could findyou
killi:them:allThey'diburn.themout:
jailed:fn.NorthernIreland,7his.famlly
a dozenipeople in.Chicago:who.could
Ifthe Britishhavegunswecan have
recelvedtinancialsaidfromjthe
vouch thatit's posiuvely true,the
Northern Irelandgovernment
But/anothermember,whoasked
been.thrown out ofa.Chicago Noraid
nottobeidentifiedcautioned'the
something.he sald
meeting:forspeakingsagainstysup
two:men:on-theiristatementsrwhen'
DespftewhatThatcherand theUS
porting.violence..
they:spoke toa reporter
governmentsaythelocaltNorald
I:veitoldithem:local Noraid offl
YuEverybody.knows-sthe-IRA.is
group maintainsithat it:isopen and
cials]about that-hereand they tell
there functioning in Northern Irelan-
jhonest and isworkingforashumani
Bime tobecome enlightened:
dshe.said*Don'tInvolve.them in
tariancause. Itsayssitsimembership
Thelmanysaild heathoughtthat/at
s:openito.anyone who:willi pay the?
Anotherwoman-who:also.didnot
S5-per-year.dues.
pestlocal:Noraidr members:were
wantto be Identifiedsaid she-would
naive if:they.belleved thelrdonations
serlouslyreconsider-her-role/in No
Patrick:Creighton's:wife,Shella,the
reallywent.tosupportIrishfamilies.
raidif.the.government.could proveit
group'svice president.
Wanta united Ireland*
FederaleJudgeyCharles.tHaight
The.localNoraidmembers.say
:Stuart:McLaughlin,a:salesman
ruledinNewYorkinMay1981 that
such(talk:ishogwash.They.say;that
Whoghails:fromBelfast:agreedAl
Noraidwwas:an-agentot theIrish
in'addition to helplngprisoners-fam-
though:he.saidhe-was:personally
RepublicanArmyTheydecision
illes,they-are.inithergroup to;show.
pro'anything thatwillget.the British
stemmedefromaysuitfledbythe
their supportfor.a united-Ireland'and
out:ofIreland,"headded,we'rea
lgovernmentstocompelithegroup.to
topush for the disseminatlon ofwhat
family/group.jIzhave.eight.kids./1
make3full:disclosures:in,compliance
they.call-accurateinformation·on the
on'twant tosee anybodyget hurt
withithe Foreign Agents Registration
situation inNorthern·Ireland
Inganginterviewyathishome,
Act:The decision,was:upheldinan
Creightonysaidhe.wasconcerned
Those In:the chapter.here,like:the
about theimage Noraidmight have
Creightons,who/hiail:from:Northern
OnlMarch10thelocalNorald
Werdon't/wantradicalstInthe,
Ireland;havepersonal-horror,stories
wereaseriousgroup,he
group:will:march-in:the'St.Patrick's
aboutconditlonsthere;twhlch/they
groupy..
said."We'rehere.to.ralse.money.to
share occasionallyat-theirmonthly
meetings.They/say.they.fear:for-re-
auves leftbehind.
mattersky
Some ofthe American-born:mem-
XCrelghton2has:hadenough:trouble
savior to thepeople.
bersucorrespondwithvfamiliesin
inhis.ownfamilytolast:himatlfe
Otherwise the British
NorthernIreland,;andthrough:them
ime,hesaldwhenhewasi14years
they-feel:personaliy/attached:tothe
old-andelooking:torihistfirstjobhe.
was:hiredandfiredthesameday
YThe Noraid members.contend that:
whenhis:employerfound:outhe:was
the,probleminusteris.notreligious,
Catholic.
a'fightbetweenaiCathollc.minority.
Hissister.wholived-inamixed
and7a7Protestantmajority/Some,
neighborhood，wasforcedtoleave
rade.issponsored:by.they1:300-mem
suchyasCreighton,*pointoutsthat
her:home:because./somebodyelse
ber/Shamrock Club,the·largest:Irish
they haveiProtestant:relatives.They
wanted the:house.The Britlshstood
social'groupin.town.
willitelliyou-howCathollc.and;Prot-
by:and:laughed as:shetand:her:three
Although:there are:no formal ties
estant‘Irishmen fought'side by side in
childrenwerejforcediout,Creighton
betweenNoraldand3theyShamrock
WorldWarIIrhca
said.
ClubsomeShamrock-membersalso
TheysayAtheyquestlon-isonerof
His nephew.a semi-literate, dys-
belong/to:Noraid-and/attend/Noraid!
politicsrandeconomics,ofdenial.of
lexic.youngman:who:Creighton:says
events,saldEarl/Powell,Shamrock
Cjobs/andhousing,based'onpolitical
could-not/havewrittenhis-alleged7
presldentPowell said, however.that
confessionwas:sentenced'tolifein
aylargeynumbernot:Shamrock
Protectingfamilies
Long Keshprison:on'a charge:of'act-
membersdon't endorsethelr standt
ingiasra lookoutwhen another:man
They[Noraid] may be instrumen-
One:memberwho-asked.notto:bey
Was killedp
tal:In helping.to get guns,Powell
identifiedwouldadmitthatNoraid
Crelghton:says:he.has seen'young
waswindirectly/helping:the:IRAby
peopleishot:on:Ulster streetsfor vir
relievingthe IRAof.the responsibil-
twallynoreasonHe tellsof:interro
tyof/helpingtheiprisoners'familes.
tion:centers:where:youngpeople
He characterized thelocalNoraid
Buthe, too,"deniedithat Noraid/fi-
alpheldwithoutbeingcharged:with
leadersas'goodpeople,but'saidthey
nanced arms purchases.
allcrimelwherexconfessionsrare
might:beibeing dupedwith regard to
Severalotherssaid they were phil-
their.collectons.y
osophically behindthesIRA'sacuv
Thereisnocontrol of.their.mon
withoutjuries.
tles.
He hasa huge.rubber bulletin-his
ey.onceit isoutrortheirhands.
The British came In and turned on
Theyvebeenled tobelleve.theycan
thepeopleythey createdthe-IRA,
home,thekind he says;British forces
have used tokillUIster children.
CreightonsaidThe:IRA Isprotect
One Shamrockmember-who-did
whenuLgetgoingsitimakesiyou
nghomesandfamlles.i
burninside,"Creighton:said:*Ipd
notwant to beidentified said he'con
Said·DenisO'Donoghue,also from
sidereditdangeroustomakera
sonallywouldsend.guns,but:I.car
involye NoraidIn.that
statementthat'snotpositive-about
uwe[Noraid]are/authorninthe
British·side?Thatmakes.us'feelgood
WhenThatcher mentioned NoraidIn
regard'to.the Harrodsbombingl Ifel
good.If:I:can:botherherthatmuch
then:I'mdoingsomeygoodShe:let
young men die InLongKesh
2