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 IRB members of the provisional committee 

Since no one seems to have a reliable source on when Plunkett, MacDonagh, and O'Lochlainn joined the IRB, and if it was before the Provisional Committee ceased functioning (evidently in Oct, 1914) saying the IRB held half the committee appears to be unfounded. If someone can quote a passage making this absolutely clear, they should do so.  I have a list of IRB members at the time of the official formation of the Volunteers, and being the most specific list, we should go with that to avoid problems of chronology. In the meantime, there are other edits that keep getting reverted in this squabble, including the POV attribution of the manifesto. If no one cares to discuss this here, they should prepare to see their edits reverted. Posting platitudes, by the way, does not qualify as ""discussion"". -  "