Republican Movement Split of 1969/1970

Republican Movement Split of 1969/1970
Date 1969-1970 Location Status Resulted in split between Abstentionist and Electoralist factions.
Belligerents
Electoralists Cathal Goulding (Chief of Staff of the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army) Tomás Mac Giolla (President of Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin) Roy Johnston (Anti-Treaty IRA Director of Education) Seán Garland (Anti-Treaty IRA leader)	Abstentionists Dáithí Ó Conaill (Officer Commanding, Donegal Unit, Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army) Seamus Twomey (Anti-Treaty IRA leader) Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (former Chief of Staff of the Anti-Treaty IRA) Seán Mac Stiofáin (Anti-Treaty IRA leader)