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Irish Republican Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Physical force Irish republicanism as an ideology had a long history, from the United Irishmen of the 1798 and 1803 rebellions, to the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 and the Irish Republican Brotherhood rebellion of 1867. However the term Irish Republican Army in its modern sense was first used in the second decade of the 20th century for the rebel forces of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizens Army during the Easter Rising. In theory, the IRA was responsible to the Dáil and was the army of the Irish Republic. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irish_Republican_Army   (5636 words)

Irish Republican Army - MSN Encarta The term IRA was later adopted by the Irish Volunteers who fought against British forces between 1919 and 1921, during the latter stages of the Irish Revolution. Conversely, the Irish Volunteers were dedicated to ensuring that home rule was established as a first step toward their primary goal: the creation of an independent Irish republic. By early 1914, Irish society and politics had been militarized by the two volunteer armies and there was the imminent possibility of a civil war over the issue of home rule. encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761575144/Irish_Republican_Army.html   (1172 words)

Irish Republican Army All claim descent from the orginal 'Irish Republican Army', the 'army' of the Irish Republic declared by Dáil Éireann in 1919. Most Irish people deny to later claimants to the title IRA valid descent from the orginal IRA, which is general referred to as the Old IRA to create a distinction. The Irish delegation was led by Arthur Griffith, after de Valera, newly upgraded to a full 'President of the Republic' by the Dáil on his request in August 1921, then insisted that as head of state he could not attend of King George was not leading the British delegation. www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ir/Irish_Republican_Army.html   (1852 words)

Irish Republican Army   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) All claim descent from the original Republican Army' the 'army' of the Irish Republic declared by Dáil Éireann in 1919. The newly renamed Irish Republican Army (IRA) the leadership of Arthur Griffith and Eamon de Valera which had been formed from the of the Irish Volunteers shot dead two British policemen in Tipperary. Attacks on particularly Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) barracks continued throughout 1919 and forcing the police to consolidate in the towns for safety's sake and effectively placing areas of the countryside in the hands the Republicans. www.freeglossary.com /Irish_Republican_Army   (2092 words)

Irish Republican Army FBI Files Many members of the Irish Volunteers, however, did not know that a rising was intended, and the plotters were limited in their assembly of manpower to the Irish Republican Brotherhood and its close associates. When the Irish Free State was established in 1922, the IRA remained a force of opposition to Ireland's status of being under the dominion of Great Britain and the separation of Northern Ireland. Neenan was the former head of the Irish Republican Army in the United States and the founder of the U.S. Irish hospital sweepstakes. www.paperlessarchives.com /ira.html   (1620 words)

The IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) The lessons of this period were not lost on succeeding generations of Irish patriots and the Fenian Movement of the late 1850s and 1860s won widespread support in Ireland and America for its programme of armed struggle to achieve an Irish Republic. The Irish Volunteers became the Army of the Republic, under the Ministry of Defence and pledging its allegiance to Dáil Eireann. Three mayors of Irish cities, all members of the IRA, were killed by the British; martial law was declared through nearly half of the country; streets, shops and factories in many towns were burnt to the ground; there were executions in prisons and torture in internment camps. users.westnet.gr /~cgian/irahist.htm   (2418 words)

CAIN: Abstracts of Organisations - 'I' The commission was created under legislation enacted in the British and Irish parliaments to supervise the recovery of the remains of the 'disappeared'. The 'Irish Republican Army' dates from the meeting of the first Dáil on 21 January 1919 and was the name that was adopted by the Irish Volunteers who had taken part in the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916. The IRB was the forerunner of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Army (IRA). cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/organ/iorgan.htm   (3672 words)

The Irish Republican Army LONDON -- The Irish Republican Army has destroyed it’s arsenal of weapons, that it used to fight for equality in Northern Ireland voted on by the majority of the population in establishing the GFA (Good Friday Agreement). The Irish war did not have to start, but oppression, spite, and greed exhibited by the Protestants unwilling to relent their power catapulted the situation. They will succeed in driving out the alien army, and when they do, the right of the people of Ireland to decide their own fate will be returned, and a nation torn by strife will be whole. www.noraid.com /IRA.htm   (3041 words)

The Irish Invasion of Canada In New York City, a mansion in Union Square was acquired as a temporary capitol building to house the provisional Irish government and from its dome flew the flag of the harp and the sunburst...the same flag carried by the Irish Brigade in the Civil War. Opposed by overwhelming numbers, the Irish withdrew across the Niagara River by barge to Buffalo but were intercepted and arrested by the Captain of the warship the USS Harrison. Despite the Fenian Army’s numerical superiority, once Meade had deprived them of the means to carry out and sustain a fight and Grant had sealed off the Niagara River crossings, the unarmed troops massed along the border were unable to continue the invasion. www.bivouacbooks.com /bbv2i3s6.htm   (2773 words)

The Irish Citizen Army : Labour clenches its fist! The Irish Citizen Army was born out of the struggle between the workers and the employers during the Great Lockout of 1913. As the Citizen Army were not informed or involved in the landing of the arms at Howth they were fortunate to be able to add to their arsenal at all. Connolly's increasingly belligerent writings and the Citizen Army's actions began to worry the military council of the I.R.B. who had decided on a rising in principle and were afraid that the Citizen Army would proceed unilaterally and destroy whatever chance of success their own plans had. flag.blackened.net /revolt/cc1913/ica.html   (7547 words)

Irish Republican Army   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) The Irish Republican Army, or IRA, is a Catholic group that uses terrorism and violence to try to force a unified Ireland, and put an end to British rule. To the South, in the Irish Republic, there is a Catholic majority of ninety-five percent. The support of the Irish majority in the South would give them the rights and the influence that they have been fighting for. courses.ncssm.edu /history/religion/research/SAINC.html   (3198 words)

Irish Republican Army With the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, the IRA became the stronghold of intransigent opposition to Ireland's dominion status and to the separation of Northern Ireland. During the troubled early years of the Free State, the IRA was responsible for numerous bombings, raids, and street battles on both sides of the Irish border. The Northern Irish Conflict: A Chronology - A history of the conflict and the slow progress towards peace by Ann Marie Imbornoni and Borgna... www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0825488.html   (615 words)

search.com - Irish Republican Army - Search.com Reference This article primarily deals with the organisation recognised by Dáil Éireann in 1919 as the legitimate army of the Irish Republic (1919—1922). For Irish paramilitary organisations after 1922 that claim or have claimed the to be the linear descendant of that army and have called themselves "Irish Republican Army" see Irish Republican Army (1922-1969), Official Irish Republican Army (1969-), Provisional Irish Republican Army (1969-), Continuity Irish Republican Army (1986-), and Real Irish Republican Army (1997-). In theory, the IRA was responsible to the Dail and was the army of the Irish Republic. www.search.com /reference/Irish_Republican_Army   (5617 words)

Irish Republican Army This group is a radical terrorist group formed in 1969 as clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein, a legal political movement dedicated to removing British forces from Northern Ireland and unifying Ireland. The organization has a Marxist orientation, and is organized into small, tightly knit cells under the leadership of the Army Council. The group is led by Sinn Fein, and is a legal political movement organized into several small cells led by the Council. www.ict.org.il /organizations/orgdet.cfm?orgid=34   (242 words)

The Irish Republican Army - Blamed for Starting the War; Blamed for Not Ending It, by Thomas W. McKeon The Irish people were so divided by the decision regarding partition that they engaged in a vicious civil war, in which many Irish men and women fought on against the British to defeat partition. The British army and the RUC provided intelligence to the paramilitaries so that the paramilitaries could conduct murders and other “dirty war” actions, such as IRA and Sinn Fein member assassinations[ix] and the killing of attorneys who defended republicans, such as Pat Finnucane and Rosemary Nelson. However, alluding to the RUC and British army attacks on Catholics in years gone by, they refused to decommission until the RUC was reformed and Sinn Fein was invited to sit for elections. radified.com /IRA/peace_collapse.htm   (4041 words)

Irish Republican Army (IRA) The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) was formed in 1969 as the clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein, a legal political movement dedicated to removing British forces from Northern Ireland and unifying Ireland. Organized into small, tightly knit cells under the leadership of the Army Council, the Provisional IRA was the largest of the three republican armed resistance groups. The policies of Sinn fein under the leadership Gerry Adams from 1994 to 1998 led to a split in the Provisional Irish Republican Army during the fall of 1997, with one faction accepting the new Good Friday Agreement, and the New or Real IRA continuing armed resistance to British partition. www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/ira.htm   (897 words)

Irish Republican Army (IRA) Sinn Féin is the oldest political party in Ireland, named from the Irish Gaelic expression for ``We Ourselves''. Formed in 1969 as the clandestine armed wing of the political movement Sinn Fein, the IRA is devoted both to removing British forces from Northern Ireland and to unifying Ireland. The IRA, sometimes referred to as the PIRA to distinguish it from RIRA and CIRA, is organized into small, tightly-knit cells under the leadership of the Army Council. www.fas.org /irp/world/para/ira.htm   (641 words)

Irish Guards The Irish Guards, who are affectionately and widely known as "The Micks", are a modern infantry regiment of the Foot Guards of the British Army. They were formed on the 1st April 1900 by order of HM Queen Victoria and have seen armed conflict in many parts of the world since. The regiment is proud of its many longstanding traditions; for example, the annual presentation of shamrock on every St. Patrick's day (17th March) by a member of the Royal Family. www.army.mod.uk /irishguards   (163 words)

Irish Republican Army Hence the concept of "revolutionary terror" was based on conducting armed propaganda, creating a guerilla army and developing this army into a true military force. It was noted that at a time when the PKK was on the verge of being eradicated, they also set fire to hectares of forests in the Mediterranean region, actions that are noticeable and potentially damaging to Turkish tourism. Over the year 1997, the Turkish army dealt severe blows to the logistical support system of the organization by neutralizing 3,302 terrorists in various operations including those in northern Iraq. www.eyespymag.com /terrorgroupsI-K.htm   (7243 words)

Special Operations.Com Operational control of the ARW is the responsibility of the Chief of Staff's Branch at Army Headquarters. The Army Ranger Wing is an integral Unit of the Defence Forces. The Army Ranger Wing is still the country's premier hostage rescue unit, not the Garda Emergency Response Unit. www.specialoperations.com /Foreign/Ireland/Rangers/default.htm   (744 words)

Irish Republican Army   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible. In every generation the Irish people have asserted their right to national freedom and sovereignty; six times in the past three hundred years they have asserted it in arms. In this supreme hour, the Irish nation must, by its valour and discipline and by the readiness of its children to sacrifice themselves for the common good, prove itself worthy of the august destiny to which it is called. groups.msn.com /IrishRepublicanArmy   (293 words)

Provisional Irish Republican Army (U.K., separatists) - Council on Foreign Relations The provisional Irish Republican Army [IRA] is an outgrowth of a group that fought for and won independence from Britain during the years 1916-1921, when Ireland was partitioned and the six northern counties reconstituted as the British province of Ulster or Northern Ireland. The provisional IRA emerged during the late 1960s styling itself as the defenders of the Roman Catholic minority in the North whose efforts to win civil rights peacefully were met by force by the Protestant "unionist" majority. Reacting to accusations by the British and Irish governments that it was involved in a December 2004 Belfast bank robbery, the IRA withdrew its disarmament offer in February 2005, but reinstated it in July 2005. cfrterrorism.org /groups/ira.html   (1290 words)

Wikinfo | Irish Republican Army   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) All claim descent from the original 'Irish Republican Army', the 'army' of the Irish Republic declared by Dáil Éireann in 1919. The deposed elements, who took a hardline republican stance, and opposed Provisional Sinn Féin's decision to abandon abstentionism and enter Dáil Éireann, set up a rival party and military wing, called Republican Sinn Féin and Continuity IRA. Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available. www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Irish_Republican_Army   (1987 words)

Irish Roots What iIt Is ‘King James’ Irish Army List’ ‘is a singular mass of family history and information illustrating the lineage, honours and achievements of families connected with Ireland by birth, rank, title or alliance which took the author over 50 years to compile’. In his work “Illustrations Historical and Genealogical of King James’s Irish Army List”, John stated that he had often been invited to publish family records from his extensive manuscript collection. It stands as a valuable research tool for general Irish family research, as well as an introduction to these ‘wild geese’ of Ireland. www.irishroots.com /id4233.htm   (714 words)

Irish Republican Army (IRA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Radical terrorist group formed in 1969 as clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein, a legal political movement dedicated to removing British forces from Northern Ireland and unifying Ireland. Organized into small, tightly knit cells under the leadership of the Army Council. Has received aid from a variety of groups and countries and considerable training and arms from Libya and, at one time, the PLO. library.nps.navy.mil /home/tgp/ira.htm   (230 words)

Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA); True IRA The 32-County Sovereignty Movement opposed Sinn Fein’s adoption in September 1997 of the Mitchell principles of democracy and nonviolence and opposed the amendment in December 1999 of Articles 2 and 3 of the Irish Constitution, which laid claim to Northern Ireland. Five RIRA members and a senior Continuity Irish Republican Army member (CIRA) also were arrested during the raids. In May 2002, three Irish nationals associated with RIRA pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to cause an explosion and trying to obtain weapons following their extradition from Slovenia to the United Kingdom. www.fas.org /irp/world/para/nira.htm   (372 words)

Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) CIRA is a terrorist splinter group formed in the mid 1990s as the clandestine armed wing of Republican Sinn Fein, which split from Sinn Fein in 1986. "Continuity" refers to the group’s belief that it is carrying on the original Irish Republican Army’s (IRA) goal of forcing the British out of Northern Ireland. CIRA’s aliases, Continuity Army Council and Republican Sinn Fein, were also designated as FTOs. library.nps.navy.mil /home/tgp/cira.htm   (236 words)

Irish Republican Army Ireland on the brink.(end of the Irish Republican Army ceasefire in Northern Ireland) Man in the middle; Gerry Adams spells out his terms - but can't promise to deliver the IRA.(Sinn Fein leader; Irish Republican Army)(includes...... (flaw in Bill Clinton's decision to allow Irish Republican Army leader to visit the U.S.)...... www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0825488.html   (665 words)

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