Talk:Ardoyne
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[edit] PIRA
One problem I have with this article is the following statement: "The IRA had been a presence beforehand, but leading up to the beginning of "The Troubles" in 1969, many young Men from Ardoyne choose to join the Provisional IRA or the INLA..." The statement as "Leading up to...in 1969" is problamatic for two reasons:
1) 1969 marked the year when the Provisional IRA, as we know it, split with the Official IRA. I do not believe that, prior to 1969, there would have been formal distinctions made between the two groups, as they would have, instead, been represented by two competing philosophical strains within what was then a loose-knit organization (compared with later years) known as the Irish Republican Army. I believe that it is more correct to say that they chose to join the IRA, as the term "Provisional" Irish Republican Army, or "Provos", would most likely not have come into common usage by the people in Northern Ireland until the next couple of years.
2) The INLA began in the 1970's, not in the 1960's, and therefore it is incorrect to say that young men would have "chose" the INLA, since it didn't exist. - T.J.Swartz
