Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)
Anti-Treaty sub-group of the original IRA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Irish Republican Army (IRA) of 1922–1969, an anti-Treaty sub-group of the original Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), fought against the British-backed Irish Free State in the Irish Civil War, and its successors up to 1969, when the IRA split again into the Provisional IRA and Official IRA. The original Irish Republican Army fought a guerrilla war against British rule in Ireland in the Irish War of Independence between 1919 and 1921. Following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921, the IRA in the 26 counties that were to become the Irish Free State split between supporters and opponents of the Treaty. The anti-Treatyites, sometimes referred to by Free State forces as "Irregulars",A continued to use the name "Irish Republican Army" (IRA) or in Irish Óglaigh na hÉireann, as did the organisation in Northern Ireland which originally supported the pro-Treaty side (if not the Treaty).[1][2] Óglaigh na hÉireann was also adopted as the name of the pro-Treaty National Army, and remains the official legal title of the Irish Defence Forces.[3]
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Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann) | |
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Leaders | IRA Army Council |
Dates of operation | March 1922 – December 1969 |
Allegiance | Irish Republic |
Active regions | Ireland United Kingdom |
Opponents | United Kingdom Irish Free State (until 1937) Republic of Ireland |
Battles and wars | Irish Civil War (1922–1923) IRA Sabotage Campaign (1939–1940) IRA Northern Campaign (1940–1942) IRA Border Campaign (1956–1962) The Troubles (until 1969) |