serviceyears birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name
1956 -- 1962 1970 -- 1985 belfast , northern ireland provisional irish republican army the troubles 1936/1937 chief of staff ivor bell
 ivor bell
ivor bell

ivor malachy bell is a protestant irish republican , and a former volunteer in the belfast brigade of the provisional irish republican army -lrb- ira -rrb- who later became chief of staff on the army council .
