| Official Irish Republican Army | |
|---|---|
| Óglaigh na hÉireann | |
 | |
| Dates of operation | December 28, 1969-May 30, 1972 (armed actions occurred occasionally after) |
| Split from | Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army |
| Allegiance | Irish Republic |
| Ideology | Irish Republicanism Marxism-Leninism Electoralism (Irish Republican) |
| Allies | In Northern Ireland Provisional Irish Republican Army (rarely) Elsewhere Union of Soviet Socialist Republics(nominally) Democratic People's Republic of Korea (nominally) |
| Opponents | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Unionist terrorist groups Irish National Liberation Army (sometimes) |
| Battles and wars | The Troubles |
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.[1]
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.[2] It continued some actions after that, mainly against the Irish National Liberation Army, which split from it.[3]
- ↑ MÍCHEÁL MAC DONNCHA (2020-01-09). "The Republican Movement split of 1969/1970" An Phoblacht.
- ↑ "A Chronology of the Conflict - 1972". CAIN.
- ↑ [https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/violence/feudchron.htm "Paramilitary Feuds in Northern Ireland - A Chronology of Events"]. CAIN.