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Clan na Gael (CnG) (Irish: Clann na nGael, pronounced [ˈklˠaːn̪ˠ n̪ˠə ˈŋeːlˠ]; "family of the Gaels") is an Irish republican organization, founded in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries, successor to the Fenian Brotherhood and a sister organization to the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
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.
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.
The order was founded in the United States on 4 May 1836, at St. James Church in New York City, [18] near the old Five Points neighbourhood. [19] [20] A branch was formed the same year at Pottsville, Pennsylvania. [21] The existence and activities of the order were concealed for some years.
It is the direct successor to the Rowing Association of American Colleges, the first collegiate athletic organization in the United States, [2] which operated from 1870–1894. The IRA was founded by Cornell, Columbia, and Penn in 1894 and its first annual regatta was hosted on June 24, 1895. Today Navy and Syracuse are
Founded: 17 March 1858: Dissolved: 1924: Preceded by: Young Ireland: Newspaper: The Irish People: Ideology: Irish republicanism Irish nationalism: National affiliation: Irish Volunteers (1913–1917) Irish Republican Army (1917–1922) Irish National Army (1922–1924) American affiliate: Fenian Brotherhood (1858–1867) Clan na Gael (1867 ...
A traditional IRA is an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), established in the United States by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (Pub. L. 93–406, 88 Stat. 829, enacted September 2, 1974, codified in part at 29 U.S.C. ch. 18). Normal IRAs also existed before ERISA.
This is a timeline of the history of the Irish Republican Army. Note: Articles prior to 1916 refer to armed nationalist movements that predated and presaged the foundation of the Irish Republican Army in 1913 – organizations such as the Fenian Brotherhood , Clan na Gael and the Irish Republican Brotherhood .