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908:Patrick Joseph Morrissey
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598:1981 Irish hunger strike
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158:Revolutionary socialist
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225:On 16 August 1991 an
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1125:Martin "Rook" O'Prey
790:Martin "Rook" O'Prey
656:Droppin Well bombing
623:INLA Belfast Brigade
146:Martin "Rook" O'Prey
138:INLA Belfast Brigade
641:Central Bar bombing
453:"IPLO Plot Miltown"
427:"Milltown Cemetery"
63:Falls Road, Belfast
61:Ardmoulin Terrace,
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993:Official Sinn FĂ©in
898:William McCullough
876:Prominent killings
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553:Official Sinn FĂ©in
116:Commanding Officer
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888:Henry Byrne
850:Derivatives
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775:Colm Murphy
760:Kevin Lynch
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740:Dessie Grew
710:Miriam Daly
690:Jimmy Brown
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231:Lower Falls
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983:Sinn FĂ©in
805:Mary Reid
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