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Interview with Seán Mac Stíofáin for PBS Frontline

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Transcript of an interview with Seán Mac Stíofáin, former chief of staff of the Provisional IRA, for PBS Frontline. In this interview Mac Stíofáin discusses the emergence of the Provisional IRA and republican talks with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland William Whitelaw.

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Name of First Interviewee: Seán Mac Stíofáin

Role at time of Interview: Former chief of staff of the Provisional IRA

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © 1998 PBS and WGBH/Frontline

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: PBS Frontline

Time Period covered: 1969-1994

Key Individuals: Seán Mac Stíofáin, Cathal Goulding, Gunner Curtis, Gerry Adams, William Whitelaw, Daithi O’Conaill, Martin McGuinness, Seamus Twomey, Ivor Bell, John Major

Key Words: Provisional IRA, Official IRA, Sinn Fein, Bloody Friday, ceasefire

 

 

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