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The museum is administrated by a committee made up of volunteers. Hickey was the former Officer Commanding of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoners in Armagh Women's prison and she dedicated her life to preserving artifacts and relics from the period in Irish history known as The Troubles. [1] [2]
The memorial was erected in 1963 by veterans of the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War in memory of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) that fought for the country's independence. [4] The unveiling ceremony was led by former IRA Commandant-general Tom Maguire (1892-1993).
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various resistance organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dedicated to anti-imperialism through Irish republicanism , the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic free from British colonial rule.
IRA Memorial may refer to a number of memorials associated with organisations known as the Irish Republican Army, including: IRA Memorial, Athlone, on Custume Place in County Westmeath, Ireland; IRA Memorial, Cork, at University College Cork in Cork city, Ireland; Republican Memorial, Crossmaglen, in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Pages in category "Irish Republican Army memorials" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 Irish Republican Army (IRA) of 1922–1969 was a sub-group of the original pre-1922 Irish Republican Army, characterised by its opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty.It existed in various forms until 1969, when the IRA split again into the Provisional IRA and Official IRA.
The Garden of Remembrance (Irish: An Gairdín Cuimhneacháin) is a memorial garden in Belfast, Northern Ireland, dedicated to the Irish Republican Army members killed during The Troubles, as well as civilians and deceased ex-prisoners