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Claims of IRA membership

  • 30-06-2009 02:58PM
    #1
    Rt. Hon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭


    I know a guy from Derry who - every so often, when he's very drunk - says he was an active volunteer in the IRA during the troubles.

    I know this is a very common thing with people from the North and I have heard it hundreds of times before without paying it the slightest bit of notice, but I am not so sure with this particular person.

    Is there any kind of databse that can be consulted about this sort of thing, or any kind of local historian who would know this kind of stuff.

    Take it as read that I have googled his name with no results


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Comments

  • #2
    Pachanga
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43 ✭Pachanga


    hes full of crap.

    anyone who was involved or is involved will be sitting in the pub having a pint minding their own business.


  • #3
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Rt. Hon. wrote: »

    Is there any kind of databse that can be consulted about this sort of thing, or any kind of local historian who would know this kind of stuff.
    Yes, the IRA kept an online database of their current and past members on google documents.


  • #4
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Ask to see his IRA badge and Bobby Sands mug, they all get one when they pay their membership fees.


  • #5
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    I'm a Somali pirate when I've had a few


  • #6
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Voodu Child wrote: »
    Yes, the IRA kept an online database of their current and past members on google documents.

    Here's the link:

    http://wewanttobeinternedrightnow.blogspot.com


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  • #7
    TheInquisitor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭TheInquisitor


    Sure if you ring the guards im sure they'll send you out a list of all the people in the IRA no bother..... Or just look for people wearing the "I'm in the IRA" t-shirt


  • #8
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    My name is URL wrote: »
    I'm a Somali pirate when I've had a few

    At least you've got a good song to go with that though.


  • #9
    trad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,696 ✭✭✭trad


    Give the Special Detective Unit at Harcourt Square a ring with his details. If he gets lifted you will know he was a member. If you get lifted you know you were wasting their time


  • #10
    toiletduck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭toiletduck


    Voodu Child wrote: »
    Yes, the IRA kept an online database of their current and past members on google documents.

    Don't forget the google Calendar for what they did and when. I'm sure it has their next meeting listed there, so you could head along and ask the IRA-HR department for help in the matter


  • #11
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,346 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Complete BS, no member is going to boast about it even after a couple of pints.


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  • #12
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    KTRIC wrote: »
    Complete BS, no member is going to boast about it even after a couple of pints.


    Not strictly true..they do occasionaly mouth off in pubs but NOT if they had any sort of status within the organisation.


  • #13
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,346 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Degsy wrote: »
    Not strictly true..they do occasionaly mouth off in pubs but NOT if they had any sort of status within the organisation.

    True, whats there to be gained from mouthing off apart from drawing unnecessary attention to your self and your wing ?


  • #14
    Tomebagel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Tomebagel


    He sounds like an alco to me.....



    so he probably was in it was


  • #15
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    When i was studying for my leaving cert i spoke to a former leader of the IRA and he told me that anyone who openly tells people they are a member is talking through their arse.


  • #16
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    KTRIC wrote: »
    True, whats there to be gained from mouthing off apart from drawing unnecessary attention to your self and your wing ?


    Its much the same as young arseholes bragging on the bus about cars they've stolen or windows they've smashed.
    If they're "proper" crims importing a million quids worth of cocaine they tend not to mouth off about it.

    The IRA didnt fight the british security forces by recruiting bigmouths to do operations.


  • #17
    Pop's Diner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭Pop's Diner


    Unlikely.

    The first rule of IRA club is you don't talk about IRA club!


  • #18
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    super-rush wrote: »
    When i was studying for my leaving cert i spoke to a former leader of the IRA and he told me that anyone who openly tells people they are a member is talking through their arse.

    but ....

    /re-reads


    but...


    ah fvck it!


  • #19
    Local-womanizer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,798 ✭✭✭Local-womanizer


    A man in my town claims he's "RA".

    He also sits in the square all day drinking Devils Bit and faps in public places.

    I have my doubts........


  • #20
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Local-womanizer wrote: »
    A man in my town claims he's "RA".

    He also sits in the square all day drinking Devils Bit and faps in public places.

    I have my doubts........

    Perhaps it's an ingenious cover.......



    ......or else he's just some drunk wanker


  • #21
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,346 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    So are they recruiting at the moment ??

    I'll have a bit of spare time on my hands soon and I have an un-natural hatred for the English.


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  • #22
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    Local-womanizer wrote: »
    A man in my town claims he's "RA".

    He also sits in the square all day drinking Devils Bit and faps in public places.

    I have my doubts........


    Volunteering has to have its perks!


  • #23
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Rabies wrote: »
    but ....

    /re-reads


    but...


    ah fvck it!

    I know what you are thinking but he actually was a former leader.


  • #24
    Rt. Hon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Rt. Hon.


    Well, to give the full story, he never says it directly. A mate of his once said it to me about him, and I asked him straight out but he refused to give a straight answer. What he says when drunk are basically dark hints that X was telling the truth.

    I would have thought there would be journalists and the like who would immediately know who was involved, just like that guy Paul Williams could probably reel off the names of even small time drug dealers and car thieves.


  • #25
    grundie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 458 ✭✭grundie


    I worked with a guy in Derry for 4 years. One day he asked me to help him with his CV, the 14 year gap in his work history was quite conspicuous so I asked him about it.

    I wish I hadn't.


  • #26
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    They're easy enough to spot, because they all have black rectangles over their eyes.


  • #27
    waraf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,310 ✭✭✭waraf


    Read a book called Killing Rage by Eamonn Collins. It will give you a flavour for the average muppet who was involved with the IRA. Sounds like that lad has the intellect to have been a low level monkey but if he was/is a member he would know that keeping your mouth shut was/is of paramount importance for such an organisation. In short he's full of it. Kick him in the nuts the next time he says it


  • #28
    Local-womanizer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,798 ✭✭✭Local-womanizer


    Degsy wrote: »
    Volunteering has to have its perks!

    He was to perky for his own good:(


  • #29
    whatsmyname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭whatsmyname


    Degsy wrote: »
    Its much the same as young arseholes bragging on the bus about cars they've stolen or windows they've smashed.
    If they're "proper" crims importing a million quids worth of cocaine they tend not to mouth off about it.

    The IRA didnt fight the british security forces by recruiting bigmouths to do operations.

    but were the ira leadership not bigmouths when they were touting to the crown forces, who now just happen to be their lords and masters???


  • #30
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    super-rush wrote: »
    I know what you are thinking but he actually was a former leader.

    I know what you are thinking but he actually was talking out his arse


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  • #31
    itsallaboutheL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,333 ✭✭✭✭itsallaboutheL


    Rt. Hon. wrote: »
    A mate of his once said it to me about him, and I asked him straight out but he refused to give a straight answer. What he says when drunk are basically dark hints that X was telling the truth.

    he's either an X-man or an IRA man make up your mind...


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