The 1975 feud between Official IRA and the Provos which left 11 dead and scarred Belfast
Incredibly, different groups and factions have often attacked each over – resulting in the deaths of dozens of people – including innocent civilians caught in the crossfire.
This year sees the 50th anniversary of one of the bloodiest feuds between former comrades.
Described as the worst inter-republican fighting since the Irish Civil War, October and November 1975 saw the Provisional and Official IRA battle it out in Belfast.
It left 11 dead, including a 6-year-old Eileen Kelly, and around 50 wounded.
The feud left very deep scars in the nationalist communities of Belfast; schisms which exist to this very day.
Brian Hanley is Assistant Professor in the History of Northern Ireland, he is author of a Documentary History of the IRA, 1916-2005 and The Lost Revolution: the story of the Official IRA and the Workers Party.
He joins Ciarán Dunbar to tell the story of the 1975 IRA feud.
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