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965:James Craig
959:Mo Courtney
947:Ken Barrett
885:James Craig
875:David Adams
831:Sammy Duddy
760:Jimmy Birch
736:(1973-1988)
730:(1971-1973)
536:McMichael,
508:Roy Garland
347:independent
312:Maze prison
242:Joe English
171:Maze Prison
136:David Adams
123:Independent
55:Preceded by
25:David Adams
1484:Categories
1153:Glenn Barr
1135:John Gregg
1108:John White
1102:Andy Tyrie
1084:Jim Spence
1002:Billy Hull
992:Davy Fogel
880:Joe Bratty
842:Davy Payne
734:Andy Tyrie
363:References
230:John White
35:Member of
896:Alex Kerr
602:Loyalists
496:Loyalists
470:Loyalists
399:Loyalists
300:Mo Mowlam
222:Glencairn
45:In office
1160:Ken Kerr
641:, p. 315
604:, p. 254
600:Taylor,
591:, p. 299
540:, p. 199
527:, p. 275
498:, p. 233
494:Taylor,
485:, p. 221
472:, p. 231
468:Taylor,
417:, p. 269
143:loyalist
1220:Actions
710:during
576:Mad Dog
306:leader
159:Lisburn
99:Lisburn
1367:(1999)
1361:(1992)
1355:(1991)
1349:(1989)
1343:(1989)
1337:(1988)
1331:(1980)
1325:(1980)
1319:(1980)
1313:(1973)
1296:(1993)
1290:(1993)
1284:(1992)
1278:(1992)
1272:(1988)
1266:(1975)
1260:(1975)
1254:(1974)
1248:(1973)
1242:(1973)
1236:(1972)
1230:(1972)
293:London
125:(2001)
224:when
273:1997
248:and
216:The
96:1953
93:Born
639:UDA
615:UDA
589:UDA
525:UDA
483:UDA
415:UDA
110:UDP
1486::
545:^
510:,
442:,
406:^
381:.
370:^
349:.
338:.
323:.
283:.
260:.
181:.
149:.
694:e
687:t
680:v
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