Deadly Divisions is an okay source, very one-sided and biased, but in many areas accurate. In there I believe it says the INLA had a few hundred members in the seventies and mid eighties. After that it was likely lower. In Tim Pat Coogan's book on the IRA there's a chapter on the INLA, and IIRC it affirms that the INLA was more active than the PIRA in the mid eighties. Check the used bookshops in Dublin for that one, should turn up there. I saw it in a used bookshop in Don Laoghaire not long ago
Yet 2 more questions on the glorious Troubles. Where are the sources for INLA membership? Not denying you, just curious. How many members do you think the CIRA/RIRA have combined, today?
What would you say the figures are then?
That seems pretty low. In the mid-80s the INLA were more active than the Provos, so I doubt that's true.
Is it true that when the INLA was active it had 50 members at most?
okay, pm me your email and I'll get you sorted out, a chara.
Ok, cheers. Another note, I applied to join the IRSP (or was it affiliate membership? I don't remember) in August but I've got no word whatsoever of it?
hiya comrade. which part? basically the irps just reaffirmed that they don't see any purpose to armed struggle any time soon. they haven't disbanded or decommissioned. so it's the same position as yesterday.
So, the INLA thing... true?
Ceart go leor!
