BANDIT COUNTRY & THE SOUTH ARMAGH IRA | Toby Harnden (Author Of "Bandit Country")

Toby Harnden is the author of one of the best-selling and well regarded books on the IRA and the troubles, “Bandit Country”. Toby’s book lifted the lid on the area where is was most dangerous to be a British soldier in during the conflict and the IRA brigade that made it that way. One of my most requested guests and an author that I’ve been dying to speak to, Toby and I spoke about their history, actions & legacy as well as the reasons why this small rural area was the thorn in the army’s side throughout the entire conflict. 

We discussed the IRA’s guerrilla attacks on the British Army in South Armagh, the ’Slab” Murphy family, Gaddafi & Libyan arms shipments, the anti-helicopter sub-battle within the conflict, the deployment of the SAS, the infamous 90’s sniper teams and much more. 

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00:00 Intro 
16:20 Stats & Facts on The South Armagh IRA 
21:45 Thomas “Slab” Murphy & the Murphy family 
43:00 1970’s
1:03:50 Informers 
1:07:50 Sectarian m*rders 
1:10:00 THE SAS (1976)
1:15:14 WARRENPOINT 
1:28:00 Glasdrumann scrapyard counter-ambush 
1:33:30 Libya and Gaddafi 
1:42:05 Richard Johnson & the American connection 
1:50:45 Anti-Helicopter War 
2:00:00 “SNIPER AT WORK” (1990’s)
2:22:25 1990’s actions