1982 / 1983 / 1984 AD

                                                                                                                                             "Fianna Fail Party / Fine Gael Coalition." 

1982 AD January:  In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, the De Lorien car manufacturer, supported previously by the British Labour Government, to create jobs was "bankrupt" and the workers were now unemployed and the British Conservative Government was wary of risking any further monetary assistance to these 6 Counties in Ulster Province and James Prior the British Conservative Government's appointed Secretary in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province was now more then ever convinced that a Political Assembly must be set up in these 6 Counties in the Ulster Province.

January 27th: In the Irish Republic, Patrick Hillery the President of Ireland, allowed a "dissolution" of the Fine Gael Coalition Government  over the Budget.

February 18th: In the Irish Republic, the Fine Gael Coalition Government, who were now under Garret Fitz Gerald the Fine Gael Party leader, was "defeated" in the General Election, in a very close 82 votes to 81, with Desmond O Malley, intending to challenge Charles Haughey for the "leadership" of the Fianna Fail Party, but then had second thoughts and withdrew his nomination.

March 9th: In the Irish Republic, Charles Haughey, the leader of the Fianna Fail Party, was "returned" as the Irish Prime Minister by 86 votes to 76, supported this time also by Anthony Gregory, Neil Blaney and the 3 Workers Party candidates, and he then took the Stormont Assembly in the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, (as suggested by James Prior, Margaret Thatcher's representative there), to "task" as a "failure," and wanted "direct" London to Dublin talks "reintroduced" instead so that action could be taken to do something finally about the constant deaths, misery and turmoil that was allowed to occur there. 

      In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, the I.N.L.A. were to be "neutralised" by the change in tactics of the British Conservative Government to a more "humane" type of psychological "oppression and extraction of information" and many "arrests" were made of their key members and the "Anti - Treaty Provos" hit back by "intimidating" the families of the "super grasses."

April: The British Conservative Government under Margaret Thatcher produced a White Paper of a 78 seat Consultative Assembly for these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under their control, which was then passed as the 1982 Bill for these 6 Counties in Ulster Province with no mention of any "input" from the Irish Republic. Charles Haughey the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic "refused" to sanction her attack on Argentina as he saw it as strengthening the British Imperial Empires Conservative Government's hold also over these 6 Counties in Ulster Province and the "political" Provisional Sinn Fein Party was totally "against" it also seeing it as further act of "hypocrisy" by Margaret Thatcher similar to her attack on the Falklands. The S.L.D. / Social Democratic Labour Party wanted a Council of Ireland instead of Margaret Thatcher's devolution, and the Unionists were not happy with it also, with the "Official" Unionists still requiring "majority" rule with "no power sharing," and Rev. Ian Paisley's D.U.P. wanted it to be used to make Direct Rule accountable, while the Alliance Party were all "for it" provided there was "power sharing."

June: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, the religious extremist Rev. Ian Paisley and Owen Carron were "refused" visas to go to America.

Autumn: 5 men in New York in America were accused of "gun running" including Michael Flannery the Director of Noraid who admitted the offence, but said it was done with the connivance of the C.I.A and they were found "not guilty. "

July 20th: "Bombs" were detonated in London by the "Anti - Treaty I.R.A.," and 11 British Military Forces were killed when 2 bombs were set off in Hyde Park where members of the "Anti - Treaty P.I.R.A. / Provos" ambushed mounted troopers in Hyde Park and 4 were "killed" including 7 horses and 3 soldiers, 2 police, and 17 people were injured and another "bombing" also occurred in Regent's Park a few weeks later under a Military band stand and 6 were "killed" and 24 injured including 4 civilians and the "Anti - Treaty P.I.R.A / Provos" released a press statement stating it was their "turn" to quote Article 51 of the United Nations on the rights of the people to "self determination" previously quoted by Margaret Thatcher on her attack on the Falklands in Argentina.

       In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, John Stalker, a British policeman was appointed to inquire into the policing problems in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province by the British Conservative Government, but he was to be "prevented" by the "Official" R.U.C. police from carrying out a proper investigation, and was to then be eventually "removed" from his position by Margaret Thatcher.          

October 6th: In the Irish Republic, Charles Mac Creevy tabled a motion of "no confidence" in the leadership of Charles Haughey, at a parliamentary meeting, and it was "successful" by 58 votes for to only 22 against, and also Dick Spring became the new "leader" of the Irish Labour Party, replacing Michael O Leary.

      In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, all of the "political" Parties put up candidates for the proposed Stormont Assembly election with the "Official" Unionist Party gaining 26 seats, the D.U. Party 21 seats,  the S.D.L. Party 14 seats, the Alliance Party 10 seats the "political" Provisional Sinn Fein Party 5 and Independent Unionists 2 seats and during the elections the I.N.L.A attacked some "Unionists" and candidates whose political wing I.R.S. Party refused to participate along with the "Official" Sinn Fein and the "political" Provisional Sinn Fein Party and the S.D.L. Party refused to "take up" their seats and although James Prior pleaded with the S.,D.L. Party, they still said they were "not interested." In the meantime the seats in the British Westminster Parliament had increased from 12 to 17, which was to be further to the Unionists advantage in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province. 

November 24th: In the Irish Republic, in the General Election, Charles Haughey and the Fianna Fail Party won 75 seats, while the Fine Gael Party under the leadership of Garret Fitz Gerald won 70 seats and he then became the new Prime Minister of Ireland by forming a Fine Gael Coalition Government, as the Irish Labour Party had won 11 seats, and they combined with the Fine Gael Party, which then gave the Fine Gael Coalition'Government a 6 seat majority overall of 85 to 79.    

      In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, her Secretary there, James Prior, tried to "reintroduce" some type of Power Sharing based on an Irish Assembly, which would only have Legislative powers and a new Stormont Assembly was elected, which included some Irish Nationals, but it was still to be "totally controlled" by the Ascendancy "Official" Unionists, so the Irish Nationals "withdrew," as they considered as usual there was to be "no effective role" for them due to the numbers once again in an "Official"" Unionist controlled Parliament. The "political" Sinn Fein Party, re - affirmed their position also, that their main objective was the "re - unification" of Ireland, and would stand for the elections, although they would not be taking up their seats, and were supported on both these issues by the S.D.L. Party / Social Democratic Labour Party.

December: Ken Livingstone the leader of the greater London Council put out feelers for the Provisional Sinn Fein Party to visit London to discuss ways of bringing about a British "withdrawal" from these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of the British Conservative  Government and the "re - unification" of Ireland, but the British Conservative Government under Margaret Thatcher "banned" any chance of this delegation occurring under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.

      In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, at a disco in Bally Kelly, which was popular with the British Military Forces the "Anti - Treaty Provo" set off a "bomb" that "killed" 11 of them and 6 civilians, and the next day the Dublin Court in the Irish Republic extradited Dominic Mac Glinchey, a South Derry A.S.U. member who while in jail had left the "Anti - Treaty Provos" and joined with the I.N.L.A. as he was against "left wing" leanings and "hunger strikes."  

    Another 137  people were to meet a "violent death" again this year in these 6 Counties "artificialy partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of the British Conservative Government.

1983 AD In the Irish Republic, Finnbarr Nolan, who was the seventh son of a seventh son, was at this time a renowned "healer," who lived at Loch Gowna - Arua in the the Ulster Province.

      The Irish Grand National was held in Co. Meath in the south- east of Northern Leinster.

January: The National Council of Civil Liberties and the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science wanted "plastic bullets" banned.

February: The European Parliament's Political Affairs decided to "investigate" the "political" situation in Ireland, but came up with no conclusions.

March: John Hume the leader of the S.D.L.Party in the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province by the British Imperial Coalition Government  persuaded Garrett Fitz Gerald, who was now back in as the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic, to set up a" cross border forum" of all interested parties in Ireland, to discuss the "political" future of the these 6 Counties in Ulster Province, still under the control of the British Conservative Government,

April 14th: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of the British Conservative Government, John Hume, the M.P. for Foyle from the S.D.L. Party / Social Democratic Labour Party was now very prominent, in trying to negotiate "Peace" there.

    The British Conservative Military Forces were now "shooting" any members of the "Anti - Treaty I.R.A." on sight, with John Hume producing a list of 10 men who had been "killed" from November 1982 to April 1983.                    

May: Ray Mac Creesh, died.

       In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, in a very public display of their increasing popularity, Gerry Adams from the "political" Sinn Fein Party was to "defeat" Gerry Fitt for the seat of West Belfast in the British Westminster Parliament. The "political" Sinn Fein Party won 40 % of the Irish Nationalist vote, with 13.5 % all over, against the 3 % they had previously won in the 6 County Stormont Assembly Elections back in 1973. The Social Democratic Labour Party / S.D.L.P. led by John Hume, was to "lose" electoral ground, by capturing only 18% of the vote, and were to be back from the 22% support they had gained previously in the 6 County Assembly Elections in 1973. At this time 80% of the people situated to the east of the River Bann, were solid "Unionist "voters.

May 30th: As to the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the BritishConservative Government, John Hume, from the S.D.L. P. / Social Democratic Labour Party there succeeded in getting the Fianna Fail Party, the Fine Gael Party, the Irish Labour Party and his own the S.D.L. Party to meet in Dublin Castle to set up the New Ireland Forum previously proposed by him, as they wanted to come up with democratic proposals to "re - unite" the 32 Counties for a United Ireland again, to bring to an end the "on going violence" and turmoil created by the "artificial separation" in the first place. but the "political" Sinn Fein Party was "not invited," and the forum was to last only 11 months after it was to be also "boycotted" by the "Official" Unionists.

June: The Irish Republic Government "proscribed" the I.N.L.A. mainly due to Dominic Mac Glinchey's exploits, and the "Anti - Treaty Provos" were to kidnap Galen Weston and Don Tidey over the next few months. 

    Margaret Thatcher called a British Government "election" for Westminster and the Conservatives gained a greater "majority" with the seats in the the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under her control at 15, "Official" Unionists 11, D.U.P. 3 S.D.L. Party / John Hume 1,  while in West Belfast Gerry Fitt lost to Gerry Adams and the Provisional Sinn Fein who "refused" to take it up.

    A number of U.D.R./ Ulster Defence Regiment and "Official"" Unionist R.U.C. police were "convicted" of murdering Irish Catholics in the Falls area. 

July: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, the Orange marches occurred with further "riots" and 2 ""Official"" Unionist R.U.C. police were "killed" in Derry in Co. Derry.

August: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, 80 Noraid members visited to " investigate the discrimination" against the Irish Catholics and one of them was "arrested" for throwing stones at the British Military Security Forces so Margaret Thatcher "banned" them from entering these 6 Counties in Ulster Province.   

September 22nd: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, a successful "break out" occurred, by 38 of the "Anti - Treaty I.R.A." prisoners escaping from Newry Prison, who were led by Brendan Mac Farlane, who had taken over the "leadership" there after the death of Bobby Sands and only 19 were "recaptured" within a few days and over half of the convictions, against the suspected Irish prisoners up to 1985,were the result of the testimony of the "super - grasses," who gave their evidence in the British Conservative Government 's "Diplock Courts" to gain lighter sentences for themselves. 64 out of the 65 Irishmen there, who had been "incarcerated" in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province, were to be eventually "released on appeal."

November early: Garret Fitz Gerald the Fine Gael Coalition Party Prime Minister of the Irish Republic met with Margaret Thatcher to discuss the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of the British Conservative Government.

November: In the Irish Republic, at the Ard Fheis / Convention held by the "political" Sinn Fein Party, Ruairi O Bradaigh and Daithi O Connell "stood down" as their President and Vice - President, respectively.

    A Chief Executive was "kidnapped" in Dublin who would be released on payment of 5 million pounds, but he was rescued by the Garda / Irish police 3 weeks later after a "gun battle." 

November 20th: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, and still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, at Darkley in Co. Armagh a group fired on a congregation at the Pentecostal hall and 3 people were "killed" and 7 wounded and the "Official"" Unionist R.U.C. police blamed  the I.N.L.A. and the "Official" Unionists walked out of the Stormont Assembly against James Prior's lack of effectiveness against "terrorism."

December 10th: A "bomb" was set off near the guard room of the Royal Military Barracks at Woolwich, which was the same place as in October 1974.

December 17th: The "Anti - Treaty I.R.A." detonated a "car bomb," in a side street near Harrods in London and 2 policemen and 3 civilians were "killed" and 91 were injured, but the "Official I.R.A." and the I.N.L.A had not been "active" in recent years, as the "Official Anti - Treaty  I.R.A" were continuing on under Cathal Goulding's declaration in 1978.

     In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, and still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, another 77 people were to once again meet with "violent deaths," during this year.   

1984 AD In the Irish Republic, Sean Mac Entee, who had been one of the "revolutionaries," and a Minister in the Fianna Fail Party in the Irish Republic, died in Dublin at 94 years of age. 

      Liam O Flaherty the novelist, who had been born in 1896 and lived on Inishmore, off the coast of Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province, also died this year.

     The United Ireland Forum, set up by John Hume from the Social Democratic Labour Party / S.D.L.P. put forward 3 proposals to "re - unite" the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province with the other 26 Counties of Ireland.

January: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, the Derry City Council, who now had an Irish Catholic majority, decided to call Londonderry by it's proper Irish name of Derry.

February: The U..S. Ambassador to London stated that the U.S.A. was going to clamp down on Noraid or any other Irish organizations who they believed was "assisting" the "Anti - Treaty P.I.R.A. / Provos."

March 14th: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, Gerry Adams the President of the "political" Provisional Sinn Fein Party was "shot" 3 times by a Loyalist Para - Military Force in Belfast.

March 17th: In the Irish Republic, Domonic Mac Glinchy, who was the "Chief of Staff" of the "splinter" group, who were now known as the I.N.L.A. / Irish National Liberation Army, had jumped bail as he knew he was up for extradition to the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government and he was "captured" on this day at Newmarket on Fergus in Co. Clare by the Garda Siochana / Irish police and Garrett Fitz Gerald, the Fine Gael Coalition Irish Prime Minister, was now in a hurry to show his "willingness" to co - operate with the British Conservative Government and also with the "Official" Unionists in these 6 Counties in the Ulster Province, He arranged for Domonic Mac Glinchy to be "extradited" to these 6 Counties in Ulster Province still under their control, and it was to take them over 6 months to find a "charge" that they could lay against him.  

 May 2nd: The New Ireland Forum, previously set up by John Hume from the S.D.L. Party, published a report stating that the Irish Republic / 26 Counties must be "involved" in any solution to "end" the ongoing troubles in these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, but the "violence" was still allowed to continue on.  

May: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, Gerry Fitt the previous M.P. for West Belfast was driven out of his house, which was then "burnt down" for constantly verbally attacking the "Anti - Treaty P.I.R.A / Provos " and the I.R.S. / Irish Republican Socialist Party headquarters were also burnt down in Belfast in Co. Antrim and a number of the S.D.L. / Social Democratic Labour Party offices were also burnt. "Convictions" were now occurring in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province based on the evidence of the "super grasses" only.

May: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, and still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, Cardinal O Fiaich, and the Irish Nationalist leaders complained about the ongoing "conduct" of the "Official" Unionist R.U.C. police there, and the treatment that was handed out to the Irish population there, and their "Shoot to Kill" policy. John Stalker, the Deputy Chief Constable from Manchester in England had been sent over by the British Conservative Government, to investigate the conduct of the "Official" Unionist R.U.C. police there, especially as to their "impartiality." The British Government now had 8 British Military Battalions, with 6 of these up for a 2 year tour of duty, and the "Official"" Unionist R.U.C police was also "strengthened" and no Court Martials were declared during the present troubles.

August 12th: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, and still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, Martin Galvin the Noraid publicity director visited these 6 Counties in Ulster Province and addressed a crowd of Irish Catholics and the "Official" Unionist R.U.C. police tried to "arrest him" and "rioting" broke out and 1 man was "killed" by a plastic bullet and 20 others were injured by the "Official" Unionist R.U.C police and it was all seen on TV. by British viewers who could personally see the " Official" Unionist R.U.C police breaking the rules, who were aiming at the upper part of his body and firing at close range. 

September: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, and still under the control of the British Conservative Government, Margaret Thatcher "replaced" James Prior as her Secretary in these 6 Counties in Ulster with Douglas Hurd.

October 12th: The British Conservative Party Annual Conference was held at the Grand Hotel at Brighton in England and at 3 a.m. a "bomb" went off in the upper floor and 3 people were "killed," including an M.P., and 7 were injured including Norman Tebbitt the British Secretary of State for Trade & Industry and his wife aqs the bomb had been placed under the floorboards of a bedroom up to 4 weeks before, close to where Margaret Thatcher the British Conservative Prime Minister was  supposed to be staying, as the "Anti - Treaty I.R.A." were after her and her Cabinet, for the deaths of the 10 young "hunger strikers," but she was not to be there.

November: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, a member of the British Military Force "killed" a drunken unarmed man as he ran away and he was found "guilty" and sentenced to "life imprisonment," while the "last" incident of the British Military Forces shooting of the "Anti - Treaty I.R.A." members "on sight" occurred when their British Military S.A.S shot  2"Anti - Treaty P.I.R.A. / Provos" this month.

November 18 - 19th: In the Irish Republic, Garrett Fitz Gerald, as the Fine Gael Coalition Prime Minister of Ireland, met with Margaret Thatcher the British Conservative Prime Minister, and put John Hume's 3 proposals forward to re - unite the 32 Counties in Ireland, but she "dismissed" the whole lot, while the Kilbrandon Committee, recommended that an Executive be set up of 1 Irish Minister, 1 x British Minister, and 3 elected representatives from the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province that were still under British Conservative Government control.

      At this time the fortunes of the "political"Sinn Fein Party were not going "too good" at the polls, as they won only 4.9 % of the vote for the European Parliament elections. 

December 18th: In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, and still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, 40 men from Derry in Co. Derry were put before the court, but their cases "collapsed" due to the character of the"super grasses" as 1 "super grass" was a "convicted terrorist" and an unreliable witness and "super grass" evidence was now considered "questionable" to be used.  

December 25th: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, and still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, a "charge" was finally brought against Dominic Mac Glinchy who was given "life imprisonment"for the death of a casualty on one of the raids he had carried out there and at the same time a member of the British Military Forces was also given a "life sentence" for "killing" an Irish Catholic demonstrator, but was he was to be released in 1988, and "re - instated" in the British Imperial Army.

      In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservative Government, a Prevention of Terrorism Act, which was an extension of the Emergency Provisions Act, was brought in giving them"greater powers" and enabling them under British Law to further "violate" any human rights in these 6 Counties in Ulster Province.

        Another 64 people, were to meet with "violent deaths" in these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Government, which was to be the "lowest" for many years.

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