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Falls area youth join IRA fronts, Crack Club detail
Ginger recalls youths hurling rocks at soldiers and bombs in back streets as IRA influence grows. Children as young as six join nationalist junior branches of republican clubs, though officially banned, with three clubs active in the Falls area. The Crack Club operates from a former china shop.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Falls Road
IRA
Falls
Irish Republican Army
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
Eamonn
Shankhill Road
Ginger
Dublin
Crack Club