Irish Republican Army Part 02 · p.83

FD-350 (Rev.5.8.81)
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(lndicate page,name of
newspaper,city and state.)
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rn Aid, the most con-
n of all, which holds
in New York. This
hey, aformerIRA
take' seats in, it,'has put
portforthe32-countyRepublicsmoothingoverpersonal and
Michael Flannery, head" of
andrejectionof.theFreeState:ideologicalbattleswithinthe
Noraid,,in an inyidious
In keeping with this, they con:.organization..
.'position.
firmed their continuedsupport
Thenewwave of emigrants
Republican·Sinn Fein is
for Republican Sinn Fein."
represents.amajorboostfor
chieflymadeup'ofsouthern
Butapublic statement.by.
Noraid,and membership
Irish republicans, illat.ease
Noraidwhenthe'splitbetween
levelsareup,butitcouldpro
with.thedriftofthemovement
ProvisionalandRepublican
'veadouble-edgedsword:
intothe'control'of:theBelfast
SinnFein occurred,:strongly
Even as theimageof Noraid
republicans, younger, more
supported theProvos.Thus
asa'bunchofmisguided Irish
radical,and less worried about
Flannerywouldappeartobe
Americans living in cloud
U.S.support:
in a.difficult position.For.in-
cuckoo.land may.erode as the
Many of theold-time Noraid
stance,he told a.Dublin
young Irish,hardened by their
leadersin·theU:S:relatefar
newspaperthat hewassuppor-
years,ofinvolvement back
better'to the RepublicanSinn
tingRepublicanSinnFein,but
home,begintopercolate
Fein leaders, Such as Ruari
laterwithdrewtheremarks,
through'the organization, the
O'Bradaigh andDathi OColr
claiming he was misquoted..
old.school represented by
all: Late last'year,one of the
Flannery'sposition,asthe
Flannery.and:much.ofthe
best-knownmembersof
eminence.grise-of-Noraid:is
older-top:leadershipof the
RepublicanSinnFein,Joo
vital. Much of the funding'is. organization will'resent any
JNeill, a Bundoran: County
channeledthrough.him.He.
:preemptive attempt'torun the
Donegal publican:trayersed
hasachievedareveredstatus,
group and tensions have
the U.s. on a“goodwill tour".
particularly among Irish.
already.beenreported.
and.allegedlytoldinterested
Americans,whoseeinhim the
Long-term, however, not
parties that Michael Flannery,.
embodiment.ofthecenturies
justthe'Northernimmigrants
theNoraidleader,wAs.a
old.struggle.againstthe
.butmany of the.young'Irish
strong supporter.
British.Werehetoforcefully
currently streaming to.these
Indeed, the SeptemBer/Oc
and'publiclydeclarefor
shores'will provelikely
toberissuebfSaofirse'the
RepublicanSinnFein,Noraid
recruiting targetsforNoraid
RepublicarSinn-wFein
couldhardlyavoid.a
in the future.In'that sense,un-
newspaper,has.a photograph
Eatastrophic split.,.
wittingly,the'presentemigra-
ofFlanneryWithTom
On. the. other side. of. the
tioncrisisfrom.Irelandpro
Maguire,the.ofly.surviving
equation isthe-new.waveof
vides.Noraidwith'theirbest
memberoftheSecondDailBf
Noraid members, many re-
recruiting'ground ever.,
1920 - the one parliamgént
centemigrantsfromNorthern
Manyunansweredquestions
RepublicanSinnFeincl&ims
Ireland,whobringtheProvi-
will remainafterthe17than
as'legitimiate...
:sional SinnFein ethos with.‘nual gathering.of'the Noraid
The.caption.:underneath
'them andmakenobones about
faithful — again a sell-out
reads in part,“Michael Flan-
itandtowhom Republican
hascome andgone.How.those
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nery,IrishNorthern Aid
SinnFeinwouldrepresent out-
questions are answeredin1988
founder,held talks.with Com-moded thinking.In the middle
couid'determine the shape of
mandantGeneral. Tom
isMartin Galvin,Noraid's ef-
themost militantofIrish
Maguirethetwo.republican
fectivepublicitydirector,who
organizationsinAmerica,well
leaders:reiterated-their'sup-
has
become
adept
at
into thenextdecade:
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