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South armagh has a long irish republican tradition. Blore, fiona blyth, carissa bonner, guilherme borges, rupert bourne, michel boussinesq. He was the most senior british officer to be killed in action since operations in afghanistan began in october 2001. A former professor of english and a university administrator and vice president, she is the author of the china bayles mysteries, the darling dahlias mysteries, and the cottage tales of beatrix potter. This article was most recently revised and updated by kathleen kuiper, senior editor. It is within the ring of gullion and in the 2011 census it had a recorded population of 498 it was also one of the most dangerous and unforgiving places on earth for british soldiers and other security force personnel during the 30 year. Please click here for a printerfriendly pdf version of this page. For rupert thorneloe, the opportunity to command the welsh guards in.
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