The team was eventually rounded up and arrested in an operation by the British Army's SAS near Crossmaglen in April 1997. When they arrived, they were surrounded by 16 SAS men, who ordered them to surrender. [58][59] The IRA control over the roads across the border in South Armagh enabled them to impose 'taxes' on every cross-border illegal enterprise. [36] while in 1994 another Lynx and an RAF Puma were shot down in March and July respectively. observer.observe(document, { On 17 February 1978 the commander of the 2nd Battalion Royal Green Jackets, Lieutenant Colonel Ian Corden-Lloyd, was killed and two other soldiers injured when the Gazelle helicopter he was travelling in was attacked by an IRA unit near Jonesborough. vars.user.subscriptionStatus = subscriberCookie.subscriptionStatus || ''; The customs building itself was later destroyed in an IRA bomb attack in 1986. From that point onwards, the South Armagh 'OC' and his associates became millionaires while continuing to donate a reputed 25pc of their earnings to the 'movement'. The South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) operated during the Troubles in south County Armagh. 15/11/1974 Michael McVerry O.C. The men were taken out of their minibus and then . return 'premium-plus'; } window.dataLayer.push(vars); The 'OC' is said to have bought another substantial portion of farmland in Armagh. If you have already submitted an application for the ERA Program, a regional provider will follow-up with you directly and provide guidance on . const bundleValue = getBundleValue(purchase, 'app_purchase'); On 7 August of that year, Harry Thornton, a 29-year-old sewage worker from South Armagh was shot and killed by the British Army while staying in a car outside Springfield Road base in Belfast, he and his coworker Arthur Murphy having been mistaken for gunmen. window.loadGTM(); Hodder & Stoughton. subscriptionFinishDate: '1111-11-11T11:11:11Z', From that point on the south Armagh OC and his associates became millionaires while continuing to donate a reputed 25% of their earnings to the IRA. 24 February - Anne Marie Smyth, a 26-year-old Catholic mother of two from the Longstone estate in Armagh is murdered in east Belfast by the UVF after she attended what was meant to be a party in a loyalist area. [25], South Armagh became the most heavily militarised area in Northern Ireland. Murphy was lightly wounded and arrested by the RUC. [23] This incident was investigated by the Smithwick Tribunal into alleged collusion between the IRA and the Garda. subscriptionStatus: 'Corporate', The team, which included Sinn Fein TD Caoimhghin O Caolain\u0026#039;s brother-in-law, Bernard McGinn from Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, were sentenced to lengthy jailed terms but released in 2000 as part of the prisoner amnesty. 3 May 56-year-old Robert Orr, an ex-member of the RUC, is killed when a Provisional IRA booby-trap bomb explodes under his car as he drove along the Mall in the centre of Armagh. script.async = true; He is a close associate of the Provos' border boss Thomas 'Slab' Murphy, Gerry Adams and other figures in Sinn Fein. [5] Between 1970 and 1997 the brigade was responsible for the deaths of 165 members of British security forces (123 British soldiers and 42 Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers). subscriptionStatus: '', subscriptionFinishDate: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.finish_at, } He is said to have given the order for the brutal beating, which turned into the murder of Paul Quinn, the innocent 21-year-old who happened to have been involved in a violent row with another local Provo who had assaulted a young woman in October 2007. 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He had been in the garden of an RUC member's house and was getting ready to launch an attack on him when undercover soldiers shot him during a gun-battle. [35] The shooting down of the Lynx in 1994 during a mortar attack on Crossmaglen barracks is regarded by Toby Harnden as the most successful IRA operation against a helicopter in the course of the Troubles. The OC of the Southern Command is said to be a man living in the Tallaght area of Dublin. }; The man, who has the official title of \u0026#039;officer commanding\u0026#039; South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional IRA, is also a member of the \u0026#039;Northern Command\u0026#039;, the ruling body which effectively ran the organisation from the early 1980s. const domain = '.independent.ie'; Now it has been learned that the south Armagh 'OC' was outed as a tout earlier this year and that shortly afterwards an IRA bodyguard team was sent from Belfast to ensure that no attack was made on the man in order to save embarrassment for the organisation. October 21 2015 11:41 PM The mother of a young man who was beaten to death by a south Armagh IRA gang has demanded that Sinn Fin members stop "protecting" her son's killers. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, Overall, the South Armagh Sniper operation carried out by the IRA was one of the most successful operations of that era of the troubles. var p = purchase['granted_by_' + purchaseType]; He along with another man were apparently intending to break into the supermarket when Harker was shot by members of a UDR patrol. [21] Three months later, a further four RUC officers were killed by a 900 lb roadside bomb at Killean, County Armagh.[22]. 22 January Derek Monteith, a 35-year-old inspector in the RUC, is shot dead by the Provisional IRA in the kitchen of his home in Kilburn Park off the Portadown Road in the city. }; The new Irish Sea Border: What does it mean? 10 November Charles Neville, a 56-year-old Protestant and former member of the UDR, is killed in a Provisional IRA gun and grenade attack on his car at the Loughgall Road. 3 April 1993 - A British soldier was shot and injured by the IRA near Crossmaglen, South Armagh. const listenForFlipPayEvents = function () { subscriptionStartDate: purchase.granted_by_purchase.original_start_at, John McGleenan (45), Patrick Hughes (30) and Thomas Morris (22), all, 25 January David McDowell, a 26-year-old member of the UDR from Alexander Park in the city, is accidentally shot dead by a member of the, 9 April 73-year-old Catholic pensioner Michael Sweeney is killed when the UVF launch a bomb attack on Lenny's Bar in the Railway Street area of the city, which also injuries 14 other people. The Troubles in Armagh recounts incidents during The Troubles in Armagh City, County Armagh, Northern Ireland; the violence was substantial enough for a stretch of road on the outskirts of the city to be referred to by one RUC officer as "Murder Mile". @OCFireRescue. In an area with a population of 23,000, the British Army stationed around 3,000 troops in support of the RUC to contain an unknown number of paramilitaries. The British patrol manning the checkpoint returned fire. } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('epaper-access') > -1) { 25 July 1994 - A British soldier was shot and wounded by the IRA in Crossmaglen, County Armagh. South Armagh, however, where the close rural community and family connections of IRA men diminished the risk of infiltration, retained its larger "battalion" structure. if (eventType === 'access_resolved' || eventType === 'access_resolved ') { [18] In August 1979, a South Armagh unit killed 18 soldiers in the Warrenpoint ambush. userID: purchase.granted_by_purchase.user_id, In one such ambush in August 1972, a Ferret armoured car was destroyed by a 600lb landmine, killing one soldier. 13 April 38-year-old Territorial Army sergeant Trevor Elliott from Alexander Gardens in the city is shot dead by the Provisional IRA as he walked from his shop in Keady, south Armagh. He is a close associate of the Provos' Border boss, Thomas 'Slab' Murphy, Gerry Adams and other figures in Sinn Fein. } A sniper rifle and other weapons were recovered. const updateSubscriberCookie = function (purchase) { By the time of the final IRA ceasefire in August 1997, the South Armagh IRA leadership was already heavily involved in fuel and cigarette smuggling and it is believed that the British struck a deal whereby the IRA leaders could continue to benefit from the illicit trade, so long as no further attacks on security forces or bomb attacks on commercial targets took place. userID: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.user_id, }); Stock Image: GETTY, 'Explosive device ready to go' found in major dissident republican arms dump, Suspect held for massacre of Protestants 40 years ago, Man arrested by police investigating Denis Donaldson murder, Woman aged over 100 shocked by electricity bill demand for nearly 1,000, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is told, Woman was beaten, kicked, scalded and then splashed with ammonia by man in Limerick ordeal, Niall Collins statement to Dil not likely until next week, 7m redevelopment of one of Ireland's most famous estate gardens to deliver tourism boost for south east, One-in-seven cars bought last month was electric, Enoch Burke case review fails to go ahead after teacher turns up late for court, Mystery over why ministers controversial planning application was listed under Neil Collins, Woman arrested after threatening McDonalds staff over curry sauce, Retired teacher who died in hospital was not reviewed by any consultant for five days due to Christmas holidays, inquest told, Kilkenny stabbing victim is named locally, while man well-known to him remains in garda custody, Irish truckers fear losing out in new Northern Ireland trade deal struck between Rishi Sunak and Ursula Von der Leyen, Fire fighters battling huge blaze at Wexford General Hospital, Weve no Oscars, but weve got soul, says Debenhams 406 Days film producer, More than 10,000 patients left waiting on trolleys during the month of February says INMO, Jaden Umehs double helps Ireland U15s to victory over Wales, Daisy Jones and other biopics of the best bands that never existed, Irish Film and Television Awards to take place in May with Deirdre OKane as host, Fingal commuters have to deal with countless phantom buses and late arrivals, Dil told, Arsenal v Everton: All you need to know about tonights Premier League clash, Video compares noise around Dublin Airport before and after flight paths were changed, Gary Gannon in hysterics after primary school student calls him ginger, Zendaya appears to reject Paul Mescals offer of his arm at SAG Awards 2023, Fans take over from Lewis Capaldi as he suffers Tourettes symptoms on stage, Stigma receding? Official information from Orange County Fire Rescue's Public Information Office. Shortly afterwards, the Army abandoned road transport in South Armagh." He was on bail at the time of his death charged with having petrol bombs for use in rioting, and was prominent in, 27 August Wilfred McIlveen, a 37-year-old Protestant and former member of the UDR, is killed when a Provisional IRA booby-trap bomb explodes under his car as he was leaving, 7 October Frederick Williamson, a 33-year-old member of the UDR from Orangefield Drive in the city, is killed along with 28-year-old prison officer Elizabeth Chambers from. subscriptionFinishDate: '0000-00-00T00:00:00Z', Martin was from Knockamell Park in the city and was a neighbour of Charles Spence, who was had been shot dead by the IRA two weeks previously. The man, who has the official title of 'officer commanding' South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional IRA, is also a member of the 'Northern Command', the ruling body which effectively ran the organisation from the early 1980s. [48] Thomas Murphy and the leadership of the IRA in the area have allegedly since re-asserted their control, expelling dissidents from the district under threat of death. if (event.detail.object.access === true) { Media. document.head.append(script); According to the victim's sister-in-law, who was present at the time of the incident, two masked men entered demanding money and fired two shots into the ceiling when Corrigan refused to hand over any cash. The man, who has the official title of officer commanding South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional IRA, is also a member of the Northern Command, which effectively ran the organisation from the early 1980s. The 'OC' is said to have bought another substantial portion of farmland in Armagh. The South Armagh Brigade retaliated for the deaths of the hunger strikers by killing five British soldiers with a mine that destroyed their armoured vehicle near Bessbrook. bundle: 'none', McGinn, who laughed when he received his life sentence, died in December 2013 from a suspected heart attack in Monaghan town, aged 56. [60], "The Saracen armoured car blown up by a culvert bomb at Lurganculleboy, near Crossmaglen in October 1975, killing Corporal Edward Gleeson. The barrack buster, fired from the back of a local baker's delivery van, exploded on the helipad shortly after the pilot had managed to take off. window.showSubscriberElements) { When they arrived, they were surrounded by 16 SAS men, who ordered them to surrender. script.src = flipPayJsUrl; vars.article.wallVisible = 'false'; In July last year Wilson and south Armagh man Sean Gerard Hughes were returned for trial to face counts of belonging to a proscribed organisation and addressing a meeting to encourage support for . Other alleged illegal activities involve fraud through embezzlement of agricultural subsidies and false claims of property loss. $69,194 (2019) Property Taxes. Wed 19 Mar 2003 20.45 EST. A sniper rifle and other weapons were recovered. } else { Travelling overland in South Armagh eventually became so dangerous that the British Army began using helicopters to transport troops and supply its bases - a practice that had to be continued until the late 1990s. The fierceness of the republicanism expressed by people like the local historians I spoke to is unsettling. [39] By 1994, the only way for the British army to travel safely across South Armagh and some border areas of Tyrone and Fermanagh was on board troop-carrying Chinook helicopters.[40]. Three British soldiers and a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) member were wounded. Orange County; Winter Garden; Seminole Street; 537 Seminole Street Winter Garden, FL 34787. Toby Harnden has interviewed members . SDLP MP, 17 November David Halligan, a 57-year-old UDR member, is shot dead by the Provisional IRA on the Hamiltonsbawn Road on the outskirts of the city. let flipPayConfig = { ","isAccessibleForFree":"True","isPartOf":{"@type":["CreativeWork","Product"],"name":"Independent.ie","productID":"independent.ie:showcase"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Independent.ie","item":"https://m.independent.ie/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Irish News","item":"https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/"}]} 'false' : 'true'; [45], In 1997, several members of the South Armagh Brigade, based in Jonesborough and Dromintee, following Michael McKevitt, left the Provisional IRA because of its acceptance of the Mitchell Principles of non-violence at a General Army Convention in October of that year and formed a dissident grouping, the Real IRA, which rejected the peace process. [49] IRA members in South Armagh ceased co-operating with the RIRA after the Omagh bombing. The single Mk-15 mortar bomb landed 40 yards (37m) short of the perimeter fence. const isGrantedBy = function (grant) { const eventType = event.detail.event_type; South Armagh is a strange place for this Northern-born Protestant and Dublin resident, albeit one who was active in the Northern Ireland civil rights movement in the 1960s and is a proud Irish citizen. FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation. A new full inquest is to be held into the IRA massacre of 10 Protestant workers shot dead in South Armagh in 1976. He is said to have given the order for the brutal beating - which turned into the murder - of Paul Quinn, the innocent 21-year-old who happened to have been involved in a violent row with another local Provo who had assaulted a young woman in October 2007. const script = document.createElement('script'); Around this time IRA engineers in South Armagh pioneered the use of home-made mortars which were relatively inaccurate but highly destructive.[14]. It is not clear how the 'OC' came to be exposed as an agent but he is believed to have been recruited by British Intelligence in the late 1980s or early 1990s. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . The dead man was from Knockamell Park in Armagh city. if (vars.article.wallType === 'premium') { window.loadGTM = function () { userID: '', const getBundleValue = function (purchase, purchaseType) { More people could be killed or forced from their homes in a feud between factions of the Provisional IRA in south Armagh, republicans and security chiefs warned . const cookieData = getSubscriptionStatus(purchase); Nine of these were killed in the February 1985 Newry mortar attack. The south Armagh IRA even discovered ground not covered by the watchtowers for sniper attacks in the 1990s. . A sniper rifle and other weapons were recovered. One USC Constable was killed in this attack and in revenge the USC descended upon Killylea in Armagh and began to burn down Nationalist homes; they also shot and wounded two civilians. They carried out 23 attacks on British Army helicopters during the Troubles, bringing five down on separate occasions: the Gazelle shot down in February 1978 near Jonesborough,[17] a Lynx in June 1988,[35] a second Lynx in February 1991,. 'false' : 'true'; 27 November 34-year-old former RUC member John Martin is shot dead by the Provisional IRA at his filling station on the Mall. From that point onwards, the South Armagh 'OC' and his associates became millionaires while continuing to donate a reputed 25pc of their earnings to the 'movement'. window.GTMLoaded = false; RM2HX09AC - File photo dated 7/8/2011 of Peter Smithwick, the senior judge who led an inquiry into claims of Garda/IRA collusion into the murder of two RUC officers, has died aged 85. In 2014, an article appeared in the Sinn Fin newspaper, 17 December The Officer Commanding (OC) of the Armagh city Provisional IRA, 33-year-old Sean McIlvenna, is killed by the RUC in, 17 February Catholic prison officer Patrick Kerr is shot dead by the Provisional IRA on his 37th birthday as he left 10.30 a.m Mass with his children at, 21 February 30-year-old Catholic RUC member Frank Murphy is shot dead by the Provisional IRA at the gates of Drumsallen Primary School on the Battleford Road just outside Armagh city. [8], At the beginning of the Northern Ireland Troubles in August 1969, rioters, led by IRA men, attacked the RUC barracks in Crossmaglen, in retaliation for the attacks on Catholic/nationalist areas in Belfast in the Northern Ireland riots of August 1969. The man is a close associate of the Provos' border boss Thomas 'Slab' Murphy (pictured), Gerry Adams and other figures in Sinn Fein. He had just left children back to the school after they had attended a quiz the, 1 January 1986 James McCandless (39) and Michael Williams (24), both members of the RUC, were killed by a Provisional IRA remote controlled bomb hidden in a litter bin in Thomas Street and detonated when their foot patrol passed by at one minute into the new year. [42] When the IRA resumed its campaign in 1996-97, the South Armagh IRA was less active than previously,[43] although one of the sniper teams killed one soldier and seriously wounded an RUC constable. The loyalties of many people in Northern Ireland's South Armagh are with the neighboring Irish republic. Rory Finnis, 21, from Derry, who was found dead in June 1991. if (vars.article) { !gigyaID ? On 30 December 1990, Sinn Fin member and IRA volunteer,[30] Fergal Caraher, was killed by Royal Marines near a checkpoint in Cullyhanna. vars.article.userWall = ! McGinn, who laughed when he received his life sentence, died in December 2013 from a suspected heart attack in Monaghan town, aged 56. }).map(function (key) { [26] 1990s [ edit] } const gigyaID = getCookie('guid'); Overview of The Troubles in Armagh City, Northern Ireland, "Irish Police Face Peril of 'Murder Mile', "Issues: Violence McKittrick, Kelters, Feeney and Thornton (1999) Lost Lives: The stories of the men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles", "Madden and Finucane Closing Submissions (including excerpts from The Scarman Report)", "Five injured as Staffords are lured into Armagh booby trap", "Newton Emerson: Licensing next war is Adams's real legacy", "Calls for 'honesty' and inquiry over Troubles-related killings", "Paramilitary Feuds in Northern Ireland A Chronology of Events", "Gunmen Shoot Part-time Soldier, IRA Claims Responsibility", "Police inspector shot dead in Northern Ireland", "I.R.A. [10], However, the IRA campaign in the area did not begin in earnest until 1971. The Sunday Independent has learned that the South Armagh 'OC' was outed as a 'tout' earlier this year and that shortly afterwards an IRA bodyguard team was sent from Belfast to ensure that no attack was made on the man in order to save embarrassment for the 'movement'. Men from the area also took part in IRA campaigns in the 1940 and 1950s. Tweets & replies. vars.article.wallVisible = ! // Push initial dataLayer values into object. } IN A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY with the McCabe family, republicans from across the country travelled to south Armagh to tell the criminals behind the attack which left Francis McCabe Junior badly injured last week that their activities are a disgrace. Belton was shot and injured by other members of the patrol, but managed to flee to the Republic. }; His Catholic girlfriend was driving behind him in her car when the explosion happened. const cookies = document.cookie.split('; '); It is not clear how he came to be exposed as an agent, but he is believed to have been recruited by British intelligence in the late 1980s or early 1990s. , South Armagh IRA is killed on active service during an attack on Keady barracks. It is Pearse's message and it has not changed. Orange County, Florida ocfrd.com Joined May 2013. The second most senior IRA man in South Armagh is being 'protected' amid claims that he worked as an agent for British intelligence, according to usually reliable security sources. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Welcome! } try { A number of South Armagh IRA members were imprisoned by the end of the 1970s and took part in the blanket protest and dirty protest in pursuit of political status for IRA prisoners. document.cookie = subscriberCookieName + "=" + JSON.stringify(cookieData) + ';path=/;domain=' + domain + ';max-age='+cookieExpiryInSeconds; A unit of the IRA's South Armagh Brigade fired a heavy improvised mortar at the British Army base in Crossmaglen, County Armagh. The dead youth, from the townland of Ballymoran just outside Armagh city, was learning to drive and had offered to put his father's car in the garage when the explosion happened. if (!! A sniper rifle and other weapons were recovered. bundle: bundleValue, The IRA ceasefire of 1994 was a blow to the South Armagh Brigade, in that it allowed the security forces to operate openly in the area without fear of attack and to build intelligence on IRA members. When they arrived, they were surrounded by 16 SAS men, who ordered them to surrender. Then, in January 1976, after a series of loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attacks on Catholic civilians in the border areas (including the Reavey and O'Dowd killings the previous day), the group shot and killed ten Protestant workmen in the "Kingsmill massacre" near Bessbrook. The new Irish Sea Border: What does it mean? let cookieValue = parts.join('='); if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('print_monthly') > -1) { Dates in bold indicate a death by a sniper. The latter is suspected of playing a role in the London bombings that marked the end of the IRA. Despite British watchtowers with sophisticated surveillance equipment across south Armagh from the mid-1980s, various ex-Irish and British security personnel agree that the . Although from Armagh city, he was a member of the IRA's, 31 July George Walsh, a 51-year-old member of the RUC, was shot dead when two INLA gunmen opened fire on the car he was sitting in outside, 2 August Two British soldiers are killed in a Provisional IRA landmine explosion on the Cathedral Road. The normalisation process, negotiated under the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement in exchange for the complete decommissioning of IRA weaponry, was one of the main goals of the republican political strategy in the region. } [50], After the Provisional IRA announced its intention to disarm and accept peaceful methods in July 2005, the British government announced a full demilitarisation plan which included the closing of all British Army bases in South Armagh by 2007. } new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], return cookieData; [13] Another noted IRA commander at that time was the commanding officer of the first battalion, Captain Michael McVerry. He was due to retire in five weeks. . The owner of the farm was also arrested. if (isGrantedBy('whitelist_rule')) { To republicans, it is 'God's Country', the only area in the six counties where the occupiers have successfully been resisted. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, The team was eventually rounded up and arrested in an operation by the SAS near Crossmaglen in April 1997. In 1975 and 1976, as sectarian violence increased in Northern Ireland, the South Armagh Republican Action Force, allegedly a cover-name for the South Armagh Brigade, carried out two attacks against Protestants. (function () { When he was 17 he had witnessed his father Peter Corrigan, a Sinn Fin member, being shot dead by the UVF in the city. Forkhill or Forkill (from Irish: Foirceal) is a small village and civil parish in south County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in the ancient barony of Upper Orior. bundle: bundleValue, return { In 1984, his son-in-law Herbert Burrows will be killed in an IRA booby-trap explosion close to the scene of Wilson's death. [27] However, the South Armagh Brigade continued to carry out varied and high-profile attacks in the same period. $553 (2019) Beds. return cookieValue; vars.user.gigyaID = gigyaID || ''; subscriptionStartDate: '', The man, who has the official title of 'officer commanding' South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional IRA, is also a member of the 'Northern Command', the ruling body which effectively ran the organisation from the early 1980s. By the 1990s, the South Armagh Brigade was thought to consist of about 40 members,[1] roughly half of them living south of the border. The gunmen then escaped in a Ford Cortina which was found abandoned a short time later in the Windmill Hill area of the city. "Orde visit seen as farewell to Army", by Phillp Bradfield. The workers' bus was stopped and the one Catholic worker taken aside before the others were killed. At that moment, a gun battle was taking place on the ground between British soldiers and members of the South Armagh Brigade. subscriptionStartDate: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.original_start_at, The following August, two RUC constables were killed by a car bomb in Crossmaglen. const onMutation = function (mutations) { const flipPayJsUrl = 'https://cdn.flip-pay.com/clients/inm/flip-pay.js'; [37] A sustained machine gun attack against a helicopter was filmed by a Dublin television crew in March 1991 outside Crossmaglen Health Center. Stock image. His brother Michael Caraher, who was severely wounded in the shooting, later became the commander of one of the South Armagh sniper squads. 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