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1943 - 1963 Sir Basil Brooke aka Lord Brookeborough of Colebrook near Brookeborough in Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of the Ulster Province, who had instigated the "B" Special Police there, was to be the Prime Minister in the 6 Counties Artificially Partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province by the British Government, to continue on the Ascendancy.

January 15th: The IRA members Hugh Mac Ateer, Patrick Donnelly, James Steele and Edward Maguire were able to escape from the Crumlin Prison in Belfast in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province in the 6 Counties Artificially Partitioned from the 9 in Ulster under the control of the Official Unionist Stormont Government.

March 21st: 300 suspected Irish prisoners were held in Derry Jail in Co. Derry in the north - east of the Ulster Province by the Stormont Government and 21 of these prisoners were able to tunnel out and of these 15 were re - captured when they crossed into Eire by the Garda - Irish police and locked up, which upset many in Ireland. All up there were to be 2,500 Irish prisoners interred in the 6 Counties Artificially Partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province under the control of the British & Official Unionist Stormont Governments and 2,500 in Eire while the War was in progress.

June 22nd: Proportional Representation was bought in, in Eire, which was to create a multiplicity of political Parties from now on leading to government instability due to many Party coalitions, as it seemed the fairer method, but votes could be transferred and this defeated the primary vote system that had created stronger individual Parties. General Elections were held and Sean Mac Cool the Chief of Staff of the IRA who was locked away was standing as a Republican candidate for the seat in East Co. Donegal, which was still in Eire although it was the most northern County in Ireland and he went on a hunger strike but he did no good as all the extremists fared badly. The Munster - Connacht Farmer's group Clan na Talmhan under their leaders William Davin and Michael Donnellan won 10 seats and Independent Farmers another 5. The Irish Labour Party also gained seats and the Fianna Fail Party under the leadership of Eammon de Valera lost 10 seats winning only 67, this time around, while the Fine Gael Party also lost 13 seats while winning 32 against 45 previously. With 71 of the seats now held in total by the many Opposition Parties to Fianna Fail Party's 67 Eammon de Valera was not feeling very secure.

July 4th: Jack Griffith was machine gunned off of his bicycle by the Special Branch and was the last fatal shooting in Eire.

July 9th: The Irish Labour Party was calling on Gerald Boland the Minister for Justice in Eire to release the 3 IRA prisoners who had been on the hunger strike since 24th May and during the debate he insinuated that Invasion Plans had been found during the raid on the German agent, Goertz aka Brandy, which was not correct and had distressed Goertz.

July 27th: Eduard Hemple the German Ambassador protested over the release of British and American fliers in Eire, who the Irish Government considered were only on training flights while the German fliers were interred as they were in conflict.

September: Seamus O Donovan the IRA sympathiser was released from prison in Eire.

October 1st: Constable Patrick Mac Carthy was shot dead, and an assassination attempt was made on Det. Inspector Fanning in the 6 Counties Artificially Partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province and under the control of the Official Unionist Stormont Government.

October 6th: Hugh Mac Ateer the Chief of Staff of the IRA and O Reilly were captured in Eire but Hugh Mac Ateer managed to escape.

November 21st: Hugh Mac Ateer was recaptured and the IRA activities in Belfast in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the 6 Counties Artificially Partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province was bought to an end.

December 16th: John O Reilly aka Pat O Brien to Irish Radio listeners parachuted from a German plane and landed at Kilkee in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province whose mission was to send metrological reports to their shipping and was arrested by the Garda - Irish police.

December 19th: John Kenny returning from Germany to Ireland parachuted from a German plane near Kilfearnagh in Co. Clare also who was supposed to send metrological reports to their shipping but he also was arrested by the Garda - Irish police. J.P. Walshe protested to Eduard Hemple the German Ambassador about his holding onto the radio transmitter and that he either handed it over or it would be destroyed.

December 21st: Eduard Hemple handed over the radio transmitter he had in his possession, which was placed in a bank for safe keeping.

December 28th: 164 Naval ratings were picked up in the Bay of Biscay by the Irish freighter Kerlogue after a battle of destroyers there and were landed at Cobh in Co. Cork in Southern Munster.

The British Labour Government introduced Welfare for all the people in the 6 Counties Artificially Partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province still under their control and Catholics and non - Catholics there began to share Air Raid Shelters and actually got to know one another.

Over 500 of the IRA members were held in the Curragh Prison in Eire up to 5 years with over 2,000 passing through there altogether.

The King of Arms was transferred from the Ulster Province to the College of Arms in England, and The Chief Herald of Ireland was created which was also the Genealogical Office incorporating all of the Irish Families.

+On to 1944 - 1945

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