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Seán Savage (1965–1988), a member of the Provisional IRA killed by members of the British Special Air Service (SAS) during Operation Flavius. Freddie Scappaticci (b. 1946), an alleged member of the Provisional IRA who is supposed to have acted as double agent under the alias Stakeknife.
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.
Old IRA may refer to: Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), retronym "Old IRA" distinguishes it from later organisations using the name IRA;
The Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann [2]) was an Irish republican revolutionary paramilitary organisation. The ancestor of many groups also known as the Irish Republican Army, and distinguished from them as the "Old IRA", it was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916. [3]
The National Association of Old IRA was a commemorative organisation made up of members of the Old IRA as opposed to the then current IRA, which was as now a proscribed organisation. [ 1 ] They marched in 1939 in a commemoration of the War of Independence .
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This is a list of brigades of the Irish Republican Army, formed or active between 1916 and 1922, which were involved in activities undertaken by the Irish Republican Army. Munster [ edit ]
19 (≈38%) were members or former members of the British security forces, including: 15 British soldiers and 1 former soldier; 3 RUC officers; 8 (≈16%) were members or former members of Republican paramilitaries; 1 was a UDA member; The CAIN database says there were 27 OIRA members killed during the conflict, [57] while Lost Lives says there ...