This topic contains articles relating to the original IRA from the time of the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921). It also covers later paramilitary organisations that split to form contemporary ...

After 35 years of deadly brutality, the Irish Republican Army has pledged to renounce violence and pursue independence from Britain by peaceful means -- and this time Britain is taking it seriously.

Editorial illustration on Dissident groups keep the armed heritage of Irish nationalism alive. (Illustration: Cafezinho / ...

A former member of the Irish Republican Army was sent back to Ireland this week while en route to Fort Augustus, P.E.I., for Irish heritage celebrations. Pat Treanor, the mayor of County Monaghan in ...

IRISH AMERICA AND THE IRA" was named the Best Factual Series at the Royal Television Society Ireland Awards in Dublin on ...

The Coroner’s Court in Northern Ireland ruled on Thursday that the use of lethal force by the British Special Air Service (SAS) in 1992 was “not justified.” The incident resulted in the killing of ...

The Clinton administration once used Matthew Morrison’s U.S. immigration case to help solidify peace in Northern Ireland. Decades after moving to St. Louis to find safety and build a family, Morrison ...

Uncle O’Grimacey, the McDonald’s character who was previously rumored to have been in the Irish Republican Army (IRA), is making a comeback this month. Yes, McDonald's USA announced on Tuesday, ...

The AR-18 entered the initial design phase in 1963 and was produced from 1969 to 1985, with 1,171 total specimens built. Here’s What You Need to Know: The IRA hoped it could secure military assistance ...