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Bobby Sands (1954–1981), a member of the Provisional IRA later elected as a Member of Parliament during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike at Long Kesh. Seán Savage (1965–1988), a member of the Provisional IRA killed by members of the British Special Air Service (SAS) during Operation Flavius.
Old IRA may refer to: Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) , retronym "Old IRA" distinguishes it from later organisations using the name IRA National Association of Old IRA , made up of veterans of the IRA from the revolutionary period.
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 .
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 ]
Pages in category "Provisional Irish Republican Army members" The following 155 pages are in this category, out of 155 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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]
a. ^ Some noted Irish and British historians, including Ed Moloney, author of A Secret History of the IRA, have claimed that Gerry Adams has been part of the IRA leadership. Adams has always denied IRA membership, let alone being chief of staff. [46] b. ^ Although he admitted in his lifetime to IRA membership, he denied ever being Chief of Staff
After joining the Official IRA, he left to join the Provisionals when the former announced a ceasefire in 1972. He spent time with a border unit in Ireland and left his home area about a year before he was caught in London. [1] The high number of attacks by the Provisional IRA in Great Britain had exercised British police forces.