Death in the Fields: The IRA and East Tyrone

by Jonathan Trigg

'In Belfast the Provos were trying to make the 6 o' clock news, in East Tyrone they were trying to kill you.' With the advent of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Provisional IRA (PIRA) became active in the towns and villages of East Tyrone, the volunteers forming the so-called East Tyrone Brigade and carrying out attacks on members of the security forces. Drawing volunteers from the region's tight-knit Catholic communities, many with republican...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785374435
• ISBN13: 9781785374432
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Merrion Press
• Length: 288 Pages