Michael Mac Guinness Research Paper

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Radical mechanisms had historically been carried out by terrorists around the world. Not only in the recent past but also decades ago, when terrorist actions were inflicted upon civilians and militaries, regardless of the detrimental effect those actions could have had on them. Michael Mac Guinness was not a witness to the violent times Ireland went through in the late 60´s. On the contrary, he was an activist and a driven force which forged terror in Northern Ireland and the British Isles.
Having been born and raised in an unequal and unfair Irish society, in which moral, political and religious principles were left aside from Catholics, he fought vehemently, striving hard for Ireland´s unification.
However, at one point in his life he redeemed

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