Irish Republican Army (IRA), Republican paramilitary organization, founded in 1919, seeking the establishment of a republic, the end of British rule in...
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The discovery of a photograph of my grandmother perched on a bicycle holding a rifle was the first of many revelations about her life.
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'The Next One Is For You,' a new book by Ali Watkins debuting Tuesday, tells the history of the U.S. gun smuggling ring that aided the Irish...
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Irish War of Independence, (1919–21), conflict that pitted Irish nationalists (republicans), who were pursuing independence from the United Kingdom for Ireland,
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The Troubles did not break out on a specific date, but it is generally agreed that they began in 1969. The seeds of the sectarian conflict that turned Northern...
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A chronology of key events: 1914 - Outbreak of World War One delays implementation of new home rule legislation which would have restored the Dublin parliament.
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Documents released online at Military Archives reveal details of the lives of pension applications made by Irish republican veterans from before the 1916...
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On 28 May 2021, the Irish tricolour flag was raised in Ramallah to the sound of the Irish national anthem. A video of the ceremony was...
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On January 30, 1972, British soldiers massacred 14 civilians — six of them teenagers. Stuart Munckton looks at the roots of the British...
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There's more than meets the eye to Odd Man Out, a Laurie Green novel turned into a movie in 1947 but does it glorify the Irish Republican...
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