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Mar 2023
49m 46s

The US Marine Who Joined The IRA

Oisin Feeney
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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 intereste ... Show More
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