Editing Official Irish Republican Army

{{Infobox guerilla organization|native_name=Óglaigh na hÉireann|split_from=[[Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army]]|dates=December 28, 1969-May 30, 1972 (armed actions occurred occasionally after)|allegiance=[[Irish Republic]]|ideology=[[Irish Republicanism]]<br>[[Marxism-Leninism]]<br>[[Irish Republicanism#Abstentionism/Electoralism|Electoralism (Irish Republican)]]|allies='''In Northern Ireland'''<br>[[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (rarely)<br>'''Elsewhere'''<br>[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]](nominally)<br>[[Democratic People's Republic of Korea]] (nominally)|war=[[The Troubles]]|opponents=[[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]<br>[[Republic of Ireland]]<br>Unionist terrorist groups<br>[[Irish National Liberation Army]] (sometimes)|image=Starry Plough Flag Blue.png}}

The '''Official Irish Republican Army''' was an [[Irish Republican]] military organization. It formed after the 1969 split in the [[Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army]], where it chose to drop the traditional Republican policy of abstentionism.<ref>{{Web citation|author=MÍCHEÁL MAC DONNCHA|newspaper=An Phoblacht|title=The Republican Movement split of 1969/1970|date=2020-01-09|url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/27727}}</ref>

It existed from the split until 1972, when it declared a ceasefire after a bombing attempt on the British Army group responsible for the [[Bloody Sunday]] massacre went wrong.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=CAIN|title=A Chronology of the Conflict - 1972|url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch72.htm}}</ref> It continued some actions after that, mainly against the [[Irish National Liberation Army]], which split from it.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=CAIN|title=Paramilitary Feuds in Northern Ireland
- A Chronology of Events|url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/violence/feudchron.htm}}</ref>
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	The '''Official Irish Republican Army''' was an [[Irish Republican]] military organization. It formed after the 1969 split in the [[Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army]], where it chose to drop the traditional Republican policy of abstentionism.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=MÍCHEÁL MAC DONNCHA\|newspaper=An Phoblacht\|title=The Republican Movement split of 1969/1970\|date=2020-01-09\|url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/27727}}</ref>		The '''Official Irish Republican Army''' was an [[Irish Republican]] military organization. It formed after the 1969 split in the [[Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army]], where it chose to drop the traditional Republican policy of abstentionism.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=MÍCHEÁL MAC DONNCHA\|newspaper=An Phoblacht\|title=The Republican Movement split of 1969/1970\|date=2020-01-09\|url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/27727}}</ref>