a
secret organization in Ireland that originally fought for Irish independence from Britain. In 1922, after a
civil war, the island was divided into
Northern Ireland, which remained united with Britain, and the Irish Free
State (now called the
Republic of Ireland), under its own rule. The Irish
Republican Army (
IRA) then took as its
goal the uniting of the entire island under the
Republic. Though it was declared
illegal in 1936, the
IRA has continued its activities in pursuit of this
goal.
an
underground Irish nationalist
organization founded to
work for Irish independence from Great Britain; declared
illegal by the Irish
government in 1936.
a
secret organization in Ireland that originally fought for Irish independence from Britain. After the 1921
division of Ireland into
Northern Ireland, which remained united with Britain, and the Irish Free
State, now called the
Republic of Ireland, the
IRA took as its
goal the uniting of the entire island under the
Republic. The
IRA continues to pursue this
goal; membership, however, is
illegal in the
Republic.
an
underground Irish nationalist
organization founded to
work for Irish independence from Great Britain; declared
illegal by the Irish
government in 1936. And he's
paid a huge sum of
money for turning in one of his fellow Irish
Republican Army soldiers.