Gentry fearing revolutionary horrors recruited Employment militia and the government deployed Arranging an apparatus of spies , informers and agents provocateurs to stamp out the movement .

After provocation by suspected agent provocateurs , the demonstrations became Becoming riots , which eventually turned Becoming into a pogrom .

the first bombing Attack in burgh quay may have been carried out Action by former associates Collaboration of the littlejohn brothers who were secret intelligence service Supply provocateurs , in a successful attempt to provoke Causation an irish government clampdown against the provisional ira , while the other three bombings were possibly perpetrated Committing_crime by loyalist paramilitaries , specifically the ulster volunteer force ( uvf ) , with british military or intelligence assistance .