faction of the Irish Republican Army
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concept
A faction of the Irish Republican Army is an organized subgroup that shares the IRA’s overarching goal of ending British rule in Northern Ireland but operates with its own leadership, strategies, and sometimes distinct political or ideological priorities.
Observed surface forms (5)
- Irish Republican Army ×1
- Irish Republican Army brigade ×1
- Irish republican paramilitary organisation ×1
- anti-Treaty IRA faction ×1
- dissident Irish republican paramilitary organization ×1
Instances (6)
- pro-Treaty IRA
- Irregulars via concept surface "anti-Treaty IRA faction"
- 3rd Tipperary Brigade via concept surface "Irish Republican Army brigade"
- Old IRA via concept surface "Irish Republican Army"
- Óglaigh na hÉireann via concept surface "dissident Irish republican paramilitary organization"
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Official IRA (historically)
via concept surface "Irish republican paramilitary organisation"
surface form: Official IRA