Seán Mac Stíofáin

Seán Mac Stíofáin
Mac Stíofáin in 1972
Birth nameJohn Edward Drayton Stephenson
Born17 February 1928
Leytonstone, London, England
Died18 May 2001 (aged 73)
Navan, County Meath, Ireland
AllegianceUnited Kingdom (until 1949)
Irish Republic (after 1949)
BranchRoyal Air Force (1945–1948)
Irish Republican Army (1949–1969)
Provisional IRA (1969–1973)
Service years1945–1973
RankCorporal (Royal Air Force)

Director of Intelligence (IRA)

Chief of staff (Provisional IRA)
ConflictsThe Troubles
Other workJournalist

Seán Mac Stíofáin (born John Edward Drayton Stephenson; 17 February 1928 – 18 May 2001) was an English-born chief of staff of the Provisional IRA, a position he held between 1969 and 1972.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.