Gerard Steenson

Death

← Previous revision Revision as of 00:29, 18 April 2026 Line 63: Line 63: The IPLO would later kill Emmanuel Gargan in the Hatfield Bar on the [[Ormeau Road#Start of the road|Lower Ormeau Road]] and Kevin Barry Duffy in [[Armagh]] in retaliation for the killing of Steenson. The IPLO would draw the ire of the Lower Ormeau community through the circumstances surrounding the killing of Gargan, with graffiti appearing in the area labelled "IPLOscum"<ref name=":0" /> The IPLO would later kill Emmanuel Gargan in the Hatfield Bar on the [[Ormeau Road#Start of the road|Lower Ormeau Road]] and Kevin Barry Duffy in [[Armagh]] in retaliation for the killing of Steenson. The IPLO would draw the ire of the Lower Ormeau community through the circumstances surrounding the killing of Gargan, with graffiti appearing in the area labelled "IPLOscum"<ref name=":0" />

On Halloween 1992, the [[Provisional IRA]] would carry out a [[Irish People's Liberation Organisation#Disbandment|large-scale operation]] (dubbed the ''"Night of Long Knives"'') with the goal of neutralising the IPLO. Following the operation and execution of [[Jimmy Brown (Irish republican)|Jimmy Brown]], both the Belfast Brigade and Army Council factions disbanded.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haverty |first=Dan |date=8 November 2019 |title=IRA's Night of Long Knives' part in peace process |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/iras-night-long-knives-peace-process |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=Irish Central}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Monaghan |first=Rachel |year=2002 |title=The Return of "Captain Moonlight": Informal Justice in Northern Ireland |url=https://pure.coventry.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/28441825/The_Return_of_Captain_Moonlight_.pdf |journal=Studies in Conflict & Terrorism |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=41–56 |doi=10.1080/105761002753404140 |quote=... and in October 1992 took action against the Irish People’s Liberation Organisation (IPLO). The IPLO had a history of criminal activities including a gang rape of a woman in the Divis flats complex and involvement in the growing drug trade. The IRA’s action resulted in the execution of one IPLO member and the shooting of a further 20 members with assault rifles in Belfast. The IPLO disbanded shortly after this.}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Holland |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Holland (writer) |date=16 February 2011 |title=A View North Shocking! Paramilitaries running North's rackets |url=https://group.irishecho.com/2011/02/a-view-north-shocking-paramilitaries-running-norths-rackets-2/ |access-date=11 April 2024 |work=[[The Irish Echo]]}}</ref> On Halloween 1992, the [[Provisional IRA]] would carry out a [[Irish People's Liberation Organisation#Disbandment|large-scale operation]] (dubbed the "Night of Long Knives") with the goal of neutralising the IPLO. Following the operation and execution of [[Jimmy Brown (Irish republican)|Jimmy Brown]], both the Belfast Brigade and Army Council factions disbanded.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haverty |first=Dan |date=8 November 2019 |title=IRA's Night of Long Knives' part in peace process |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/iras-night-long-knives-peace-process |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=Irish Central}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Monaghan |first=Rachel |year=2002 |title=The Return of "Captain Moonlight": Informal Justice in Northern Ireland |url=https://pure.coventry.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/28441825/The_Return_of_Captain_Moonlight_.pdf |journal=Studies in Conflict & Terrorism |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=41–56 |doi=10.1080/105761002753404140 |quote=... and in October 1992 took action against the Irish People’s Liberation Organisation (IPLO). The IPLO had a history of criminal activities including a gang rape of a woman in the Divis flats complex and involvement in the growing drug trade. The IRA’s action resulted in the execution of one IPLO member and the shooting of a further 20 members with assault rifles in Belfast. The IPLO disbanded shortly after this.}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Holland |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Holland (writer) |date=16 February 2011 |title=A View North Shocking! Paramilitaries running North's rackets |url=https://group.irishecho.com/2011/02/a-view-north-shocking-paramilitaries-running-norths-rackets-2/ |access-date=11 April 2024 |work=[[The Irish Echo]]}}</ref>

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