Talk:Irish Republican Army–Abwehr collaboration

Needs work
Hello, I intend to flesh this out a little, mostly to define the IRA reasoning behind what it was up to, to also add a section on the chronology and probably add a section on the media reaction to all this IRA/Abwehr stuff.

An article on McGarrity needs to be written, I went looking for confirmation of Hull's claim that he was in Germany at the same time Russell was in USA but didnt find any :/ Seems possible as Hull does say Clann na Gael were involved with Abwehr too. Fluffy999 18:03, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Contrary to above comment I will not be responding to messages left on my talkpage or on pages for articles I have worked on. Will no longer be contributing to wikipedia. Thank you. Fluffy999 13:07, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Parts of this read like they have been written by someone who's native language is not English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.230.143.183 (talk) 22:54, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Proposing article be moved
Here in the very near future, I intend to move this article to a more appropriate title. The title as is may have worked in the short term, but this article is now more than a year-and-a-half old, and it needs a better title. I propose IRA/Abwehr collaboration in World War II or something similar. Does anyone have an opinion? --- RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive'  21:42, 7 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The original title was given to the article to boost its google rank. Notice that a google for 'ira nazi' now places the baloney appearing at FA1R down from the top result- where it was before I authored the complete series on IRA Nazi links. This is in fact why I authored it all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.12.244.207 (talk) 22:25, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by "authored", 86.12.244.207? In the page with the article's history, one cannot see any contributions by you. -The Gnome (talk) 15:18, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Hayes
"Once Hayes was exposed as a traitor to the IRA, there was a power shift within the IRA which lead to the futile Northern Campaign in 1942." - my understanding is that the jury is still out on whether he was a traitor or not, he denied it for it the rest of his life, and most academic opinion is that he wasn't a traitor but that some believed he was and then built a case against him based on their prejudices rather than on facts. I think a more neutral and less emotive wording is needed, something along the lines of

"The was a strong believe in the IRA of the time that there was a spy at senior level and many people suspected Hays of being that spy, there was a very controversial 'Court Martial' which sentenced him to death, he managed to escape however his role in the IRA was now over, this lead to a power shift within the IRA which eventually lead to the Northern Campaign in 1942." —Preceding unsigned comment added by EoinBach (talk • contribs) 02:45, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

What is a CS?
I can guess, but could somebody who knows expand the abbreviation? Thanks Bevo74 (talk) 16:33, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Article in need of overhaul
The issue of the IRA consorting with Nazi Germany is obviously important and, for modern eyes, quite sensitive. Yet, the article's text contains a lot of inadequately sourced material. This needs to be corrected, as soon as possible. -The Gnome (talk) 13:32, 10 March 2022 (UTC)