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| ⚫ | '''Antoine MacGiolla Bhrighde''' ((] '''Anthony MacBride''' (] ] – ] ]) was a ] ] from ], ], ].<ref></ref><ref></ref> | ||
| ⚫ | '''Antoine MacGiolla Bhrighde''' ((] '''Anthony MacBride''' |
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| ==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| ⚫ | Antoine MacGiolla Bhrighde was the oldest son of Frank and Nora MacBride. The MacBride family moved from there Derry home to the Knock Road, ] in ]. It was then that MacGiolla Bhrighde was introduced to physical force republicanism by his maternal grandmother, also called Nora, who was involved in the ] in the 1920s. | ||
| ⚫ | MacGiolla Bhrighde was the oldest son of Frank and Nora MacBride. The MacBride family moved from there Derry home to the Knock Road, ] in ]. It was then that MacGiolla Bhrighde was introduced to physical force republicanism by his maternal grandmother, also called Nora, who was involved in the ] |
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| The McBride family later moved to Killowen Street, which is located in a ] area of ]. The family home was subjected to a number of attacks from sectarian mobs. The attacks came in the form of window breaking and an attempted bombing but culminated in 1972 with the shooting of MacGiolla Bhrighde and his father Frank. His father, who was hit by 12 bullets, never recovered from the attacked and died some 17 months later.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> | The McBride family later moved to Killowen Street, which is located in a ] area of ]. The family home was subjected to a number of attacks from sectarian mobs. The attacks came in the form of window breaking and an attempted bombing but culminated in 1972 with the shooting of MacGiolla Bhrighde and his father Frank. His father, who was hit by 12 bullets, never recovered from the attacked and died some 17 months later.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> | ||
| ==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||
| ⚫ | Immediately after the shooting the family moved to ] and in the mid-1970s MacGiolla Bhrighde left Northern Ireland to join the regular ] in the ] and the McBride family moved again, this time returning back to their native ]. MacGiolla Bhrighde excelled quickly in the Irish Army and received a commendation for bravery whilst serving there. | ||
| ⚫ | Immediately after the shooting the family moved to ], ] and in the mid |
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| ==Paramilitary career== | ==Paramilitary career== | ||
| ⚫ | While serving in the Irish Army MacGiolla Bhrighde also joined the South Derry Brigade of the ]. | ||
| He was involved in a number of of operations as part of an ASU (Active Service Unit) that operated throughout the rural ] area. MacGiolla Bhrighde, was noted for his hard line republicanism and favour for the radical approach espoused by the militant ] and opposed by many on the ], such as ] {{fact}}. | |||
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| ⚫ | In 1979, while on leave from the Irish Army, MacGiolla Bhrighde was captured by ] officers while attempting to smuggle weapons into Northern Ireland. He was detained at ] RUC barracks and was later imprisoned for three years for this operation.<ref></ref> | ||
| He was involved in a number of of operations as part of an ] that operated throughout the rural ] area. | |||
| ⚫ | Upon release MacGiolla Bhrighde, who had made a number of friends and contacts in ], became involved in spreading the word about the ] cause in ] {{fact}}. After returning from Norway in November 1984, MacGiolla Bhrighde along with ] undertook their final operation. | ||
| ⚫ | In 1979, while on leave from the Irish Army, MacGiolla Bhrighde was captured by ] officers while attempting to smuggle weapons into Northern Ireland. He was detained at ] RUC barracks and was later imprisoned for three years for this operation.<ref>], 2002. 9PB) ISBN 0-393-32502-4 (HB) ISBN 0-71-399665-X]</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | ==Kesh Ambush== | ||
| MacGiolla Bhrighde, according to IRA sources quoted by journalist ] was noted for his hard line militarist republicanism. He is reputed to have backed a plan to form full time guerrilla units or "flying columns" based in the Republic, which would carry out four or five large scale attacks in the north a year. This approach was espoused by the militant ] led by ] and ], who wanted an escalation of the conflict to what they termed "total war". They were opposed by ], the IRA Chief of Staff and by the republican leadership based around ], on the grounds that actions o nthat scale were too big a risk and unsustainable. The IRA leadership wanted a smaller scale campaign of attrition, supplemented by politcal campaigning by ] <ref>Ed Moloney, The Secret History of the IRA, p313-314</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | In the early hours of ] ] MacGiolla Bhrighde and Fleming stole a Toyota van in ], ] and the van was then loads with 9 beer kegs, each containing 100lbs of explosives. They then crossed the border and travelled to ], ]. At the Drumrush Lodge Restaurant just outside of Kesh they then planted a landmine in a lane leading to the resturant and wired up a device which was connected to an observation point. From there a hoax call was was made in order to lure the British Army to the resturant on the pretence that there was a firebomb planted within the resturant. | ||
| On ] ], aged 27, he was shot dead during a gun battle with undercover ] soldiers at ]. | |||
| ⚫ | Upon release MacGiolla Bhrighde, who had made a number of friends and contacts in ], became involved in |
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| MacGiolla Bhrighde observed a RUC patrol car approaching the restaurant and gave the detonation code word "one", however, the mine failed to explode. There was another car parked in the car park which MacGiolla Bhrighde believed to contain civilians, he got out of the van from which he was observing the scene to warn the civilian car to leave the area. | |||
| According to the republican sources, when he approached the car, two ] soldiers got out and commanded him to halt and drop his gun. MacGiolla Bhrighde, who was unarmed, informed the SAS of this and then one of the SAS men stepped forward and shot him on his left side. He was then cuffed and shot dead. <ref> p.265, </ref> | |||
| However according to the CAIN chronology of the conflict, there was a gun battle at the scene of the attempted bombing, between the two IRA men and British troops in which Mac Giolla Bhride was killed. British soldier Alistair Slater was also killed in the exchange of fire and MacGiolla Bhride's companion ] was drowned as he tried to get away <ref> http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1984.html </ref>. | |||
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| In 2002, a row erupted when a monument to MacGiolla Bhrighde, Fleming and Sligo Volunteer ] was sited close to the place where Protestant workmen William Hassard and Frederick Love were killed by the IRA in 1988.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> | |||
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Antoine MacGiolla Bhrighde ((English Anthony MacBride (29 August 1957 – 2 December 1984) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army Volunteer from Desertmartin, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Background
Antoine MacGiolla Bhrighde was the oldest son of Frank and Nora MacBride. The MacBride family moved from there Derry home to the Knock Road, Belfast in 1964. It was then that MacGiolla Bhrighde was introduced to physical force republicanism by his maternal grandmother, also called Nora, who was involved in the Anglo-Irish War in the 1920s.
The McBride family later moved to Killowen Street, which is located in a Loyalist area of East Belfast. The family home was subjected to a number of attacks from sectarian mobs. The attacks came in the form of window breaking and an attempted bombing but culminated in 1972 with the shooting of MacGiolla Bhrighde and his father Frank. His father, who was hit by 12 bullets, never recovered from the attacked and died some 17 months later.
Military career
Immediately after the shooting the family moved to Newtownards and in the mid-1970s MacGiolla Bhrighde left Northern Ireland to join the regular Irish Army in the Republic of Ireland and the McBride family moved again, this time returning back to their native County Londonderry. MacGiolla Bhrighde excelled quickly in the Irish Army and received a commendation for bravery whilst serving there.
Paramilitary career
While serving in the Irish Army MacGiolla Bhrighde also joined the South Derry Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
He was involved in a number of of operations as part of an ASU (Active Service Unit) that operated throughout the rural County Londonderry area. MacGiolla Bhrighde, was noted for his hard line republicanism and favour for the radical approach espoused by the militant Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade and opposed by many on the IRA Army Council, such as Gerry Adams .
In 1979, while on leave from the Irish Army, MacGiolla Bhrighde was captured by RUC officers while attempting to smuggle weapons into Northern Ireland. He was detained at Strabane RUC barracks and was later imprisoned for three years for this operation.
Upon release MacGiolla Bhrighde, who had made a number of friends and contacts in Norway, became involved in spreading the word about the Irish republican cause in Scandinavia . After returning from Norway in November 1984, MacGiolla Bhrighde along with Kieran Fleming undertook their final operation.
Kesh Ambush
In the early hours of 2 December 1984 MacGiolla Bhrighde and Fleming stole a Toyota van in Pettigo, County Donegal and the van was then loads with 9 beer kegs, each containing 100lbs of explosives. They then crossed the border and travelled to Kesh, County Fermanagh. At the Drumrush Lodge Restaurant just outside of Kesh they then planted a landmine in a lane leading to the resturant and wired up a device which was connected to an observation point. From there a hoax call was was made in order to lure the British Army to the resturant on the pretence that there was a firebomb planted within the resturant.
On 2 December 1984, aged 27, he was shot dead during a gun battle with undercover British Army soldiers at Kesh, County Fermanagh.
References
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