I.R.S.M
Emmanuel Gargan
Volunteer – Irish National Liberation Army
Assassinated on 21 March 1987
Emmanuel Gargan, age 25, was killed in a South Belfast pub by an Irish People’s Liberation Organisation gunman in retaliation for the INLA’s execution of IPLO leader Gerard Steenson on March 15th. Gargan had survived two earlier attempts on his life by the IPLO, and was still on crutches from the second attempt when he was killed.
Kevin Barry Duffy
Volunteer – Irish National Liberation Army
Assassinated on 21 March 1987
Kevin Barry Duffy, age 20, was killed in Armagh City by the Irish People’s Liberation Organisation in retaliation for the INLA’s execution of IPLO leader Gerard Steenson on March 15th.
The IPLO was a counter-revolutionary group formed by individuals who had resigned or been purged from the IRSM, who then came together to attempt to destroy the IRSM.
Gargan and Duffy were both involved in the INLA’s efforts to defend itself and the Irish Republican Socialist Party from the IPLO’s attacks.
They died as they lived: as Republican Socialists. Remember them with honour and pride.
Source: Strabane IRSP
With many thanks to: Irish Fenian Brotherhood.
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