almost one thousand IRA members were interned or jailed in the Southern Irish State. Six men were executed, three died on hunger strike and several were killed in gun battles. Allowed to expire in 1953 and repealed in 1973, it was reintroduced in 1974 as the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act to combat the successor to the S-Plan: Provisional IRA attacks on British soil. See also Fenian Dynamite Campaign Northern Campaign Border Campaign Christmas Raid Irish Republican Army – Abwehr collaboration in World War II References Sources and further information Mark M. Hull, Irish Secrets. German Espionage in Wartime Ireland 1939–1945 2004. David O'Donoghue, "The Devil's Deal: the IRA, Nazi Germany and the Double Life of Jim O'Donovan" 2010. Enno Stephan, Spies in Ireland 1963. (reprint) Carolle J. Carter, The Shamrock and the Swastika 1977. M.L.R smith, Fighting for Ireland? The military strategy of the Irish Republican movement 1997. J. Bowyer Bell, The Secret Army – the IRA 1997 3rd ed. Seán Russell arrest Prevention of Violence Bill and Prevention of Terrorism Act 1974 Treason Act 1939 Offenses Against The State Act 1939 Conflicts in 1939 Conflicts in 1940 1939 crimes in the United Kingdom 1940 crimes in the United Kingdom Explosions in 1939 Explosions in 1940 Irish Republican Army campaigns Guerrilla warfare 20th century in England 1939 in England 1940 in England Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) 1939 disasters in the United Kingdom 1940 disasters in the United Kingdom Improvised explosive device bombings in England Arson in the United Kingdom