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They are descended from Robert the Pious and Gontran the Rich, from Suleiman the Magnificent and Cathal Crovedearg of the Wine-Red Hand. They belong, variously, to the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Moslem and Orthodox-both Greek and Russian-churches. They are, almost without exception, reasonable, personable -and, it goes without saying, well-bred. They consider themselves the legitimate claimants to the thrones of 14 European countries where royalty has gone out of business...
...Catholic cemetery, next to the graves of two teen-agers who were killed when a bomb they were making exploded last year. Around the grave was a huge pile of flowers, and all 21 I.R.A. companies stood silently at attention as a bugler sounded the Last Post. Cathal Goulding, the Dublin-based chief of staff of the I.R.A. Officials, delivered the funeral oration. Clad in a red sweater, his long hair blowing in the breeze, Goulding declaimed that McCann had been "shot like a dog by the agents of imperialism...
...Dimensions. Lynch's government arrested five top Official I.R.A. leaders in Dublin, including Chief of Staff Cathal Goulding. More were jailed following raids on the ramshackle offices of Sinn Fein (Ourselves Alone), the I.R.A.'s legal political front, and on homes in Dublin and Cork. Although Sinn Fein charged that Lynch was yielding to Westminster pressure in his tough anti-I.R.A. policy, his crackdown was intended to prevent a possible spread of violence to the Republic...
...defeat led to a good deal of soul-searching and a severe ideological split. What became the smaller official wing of the army, led by Chief of Staff Cathal Goulding, argued that gunplay without political activism would lead to further defeats. This line led to increasing cooperation with Ireland's minuscule Communist Party and an eventual decision to form a "national liberation front." The so-called Provisionals of Sean MacStiofáin insisted on military means first. Although most of the I.R.A. units opted for the Provos, the division between the rival groups was and is bitter. For a time, army...
...regulars who want a political revolution and the breakaway Provisionals who openly advocate guerrilla warfare until the six counties that make up Ulster are united with the Irish Republic to the south. The I.R.A., however, has pledged "two soldiers for every one Irishman killed." I.R.A. Chief of Staff Cathal Goulding warned recently: "Things are going to get worse. British soldiers are going to get killed...