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The US Marine Who Joined The IRA
This episode is about John Crawley, who joined the US Marines with the intention of returning back to Ireland to then join the IRA. He hoped he could bring his expertise to what he believed was one of the best paramilita...
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The US Marine Who Joined The IRA is an episode from The Troubles Podcast by Oisin Feeney. This episode is about John Crawley, who joined the US Marines with the intention of returning back to Ireland to then join the IRA. He hoped he could...
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Published Mar 14, 2023, 47:17 long, audio available.
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This episode is about John Crawley, who joined the US Marines with the intention of returning back to Ireland to then join the IRA. He hoped he could bring his expertise to what he believed was one of the best paramilitary groups in the world. But once he joined, things weren't exactly what he expected, and in the end, the Provisional IRA were more interested in his accent than his expertise with weapons.
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The US Marine Who Joined The IRA is an episode from The Troubles Podcast by Oisin Feeney.
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This episode is 47:17 long.
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This episode was published on Mar 14, 2023.
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The US Marine Who Joined The IRA is from The Troubles Podcast by Oisin Feeney.
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Published Mar 14, 2023 and 47:17 long