The Belfast Brigade of the Provisional IRA was the largest of the organisation's brigades, based in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Provisional IRA memorial in Belfast
Brendan Hughes
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Brendan Hughes was a leading Irish republican, revolutionary socialist, and former Officer Commanding of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. His reputation with the republica
Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade
…year: Ivor Bell, who held the post from July 1973 to January 1974, Sean Convey, who lasted just two months before being arrested in March 1974, and Brendan Hughes, who was arrested in May 1974. These setbacks were indicative of the pressure being put on the IRA in Belfast, which was hard-hit by arrests in this…
Early photograph of Brendan Hughes