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The original Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), often now referred to as the "old IRA", was raised in 1917 from members of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army later reinforced by Irishmen formerly in the British Army in World War I, who returned to Ireland to fight against Britain in the Irish War of Independence.
The New Irish Republican Army, or New IRA, is an Irish republican paramilitary group. It is a continuation of the Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA), which began to be called the 'New IRA' in July 2012 when Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) and other small republican militant groups merged with it.
This is a timeline of actions by the Irish republican paramilitary groups referred to as the Real Irish Republican Army ('Real IRA') and New Irish Republican Army ('New IRA'). The Real IRA was formed in 1997 by disaffected members of the Provisional IRA.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
Stakeknife" was the code name of a high-level spy, now widely identified as Scappaticci, who successfully infiltrated the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) while working for the Force Research Unit (FRU), a British military intelligence unit. [21] [22] Stakeknife allegedly worked as an FRU informant for 25 years. [22]
Marian Price (born 1954), also known by her married name as Marian McGlinchey, [1] is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer.. Born into a Republican family in Belfast, Price joined the IRA in 1971, along with her sister Dolours Price.
Thomas Murphy (Irish: Tomás Mac Murchaidh: born 26 August 1949), [1] also known as Slab, is an Irish republican, believed to be a former Chief of Staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. [2] His farm, in Ballybinaby, Hackballscross, [3] straddles County Armagh and County Louth on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of ...
Richard Barrett (1899–1922), Irish Republican officer who was executed by the Free State during the following Civil War. Kevin Barry (1902–1920) Tom Barry (1897–1980), a prominent figure on the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. Although fighting with Anti-Treaty forces, he was briefly ...