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Traynor was part of a new emergency committee with Eamon Mac Thomais and McLogan which took over. However, later in the year, he was arrested while in the
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declaring that they had achieved their aims, although this turned out to be a fiction. In 1942, Traynor was again arrested and was interned in the
Curragh; this time, he was kept inside until after the war.
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and Frank McGlynn, he drew up a new constitution for the organisation, and new policies on key issues. In 1951, he gave the main oration at the party's commemoration of the
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newspaper, but he resigned the following year, in protest at what he believed was advocacy of force for its own sake.
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Politics of an Irish Revolutionary
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1612:Emma Sheerin
1577:Conor Murphy
1497:Sinéad Ennis
1487:Linda Dillon
1337:Eoin Ă“ Broin
1302:Martin Kenny
1292:Thomas Gould
1282:Dessie Ellis
1252:RĂ©ada Cronin
1242:Sorca Clarke
1208:Dáil Éireann
1153:An Phoblacht
1151:
1000:Chairpersons
906:Seán Caughey
901:Larry Grogan
882:
819:Thomas Kelly
573:Anti H-Block
501:Larry Grogan
497:Seán Caughey
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1727:1917 births
1670:Paul Maskey
1607:Pat Sheehan
1587:John O'Dowd
1552:Cathy Mason
1547:Alex Maskey
1537:Liz Kimmins
1532:Gerry Kelly
1492:Jemma Dolan
1467:Danny Baker
1437:Lynn Boylan
1237:Matt Carthy
1232:Pat Buckley
1100:Rita O'Hare
1069:Rita O'Hare
1051:Tom Hartley
1012:Tom Hartley
951:Pat Doherty
936:Gerry Adams
926:Máire Drumm
869:Tom Maguire
849:John Madden
779:Gerry Adams
623:German Plot
608:Fianna Fáil
448:1950–1954?
444:(1952–1954)
439:(1950–1952)
84:. Held at
1721:Categories
1645:Pat Cullen
1602:Emma Rogan
1562:Fra McCann
1542:Seán Lynch
1407:Paul Gavan
1257:Seán Crowe
1222:John Brady
1105:Dawn Doyle
1074:Dawn Doyle
1055:Joe Reilly
1043:Joe Cahill
941:Phil Flynn
931:Joe Cahill
911:Joe Clarke
893:Tony Magan
700:Presidents
691:Leadership
682:Leadership
472:Tony Magan
458:Tony Magan
172:References
1699:Alliances
1387:Mark Ward
864:Liam Raul
613:Fine Gael
541:Sinn FĂ©in
480:Sinn FĂ©in
431:Sinn FĂ©in
43:Sinn FĂ©in
1137:Ardfheis
598:Éire Nua
407:, p. 339
369:, p. 300
356:, p. 217
339:, p. 269
285:, p. 260
272:, p. 174
259:, p. 140
246:, p. 135
233:, p. 209
217:, p. 129
188:, p. 161
164:'s book
48:Born in
1267:Pa Daly
549:History
394:, p. 83
367:The IRA
314:, p. 40
296:The IRA
283:The IRA
270:The IRA
257:The IRA
244:The IRA
215:The IRA
202:The IRA
186:The IRA
166:The IRA
147:Curragh
129:at the
50:Belfast
82:Dublin
66:S-Plan
1679:Lists
491:1962
484:with
435:with
33:Irish
1189:2018
1179:2011
499:and
470:and
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