Plan Kathleen

Plan Kathleen, sometimes referred to as Artus Plan, was a military plan for the invasion of Northern Ireland sanctioned by Stephen Hayes, Acting Irish Republican Army (IRA) Chief of Staff, in 1940. Plan Kathleen is frequently confused with Operation Green, the German military plan to invade Ireland drawn up in 1940.

Read more about Plan Kathleen:  Immediate Context, Details of Plan Kathleen, Aftermath of Kathleen, Capture of The Plan, The Kurt Student Plan 1941

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