Continuity Irish Republican Army

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Continuity Irish Republican Army
Óglaigh na hÉireann
FounderDáithí Ó Conaill
FoundationDecember 28, 1969
Split fromProvisional Irish Republican Army
AllegianceIrish Republic
IdeologyIrish Republicanism
Abstentionism (Irish Republican)
Irish Republican Legitimism
Socialism
Éire Nua
SizeDozens
AlliesNew Irish Republican Army
OpponentsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Unionist terrorist groups
Battles and warsThe Troubles
Post-Troubles Conflict in Northern Ireland
Organization(s)Republican Sinn Féin (political wing, alleged)
Cumann na mBan (women's wing)
Fianna Éireann (youth wing)

The Continuity Irish Republican Army is a Irish Republican military organization that split from the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1986 over the Provisional's adoption of electoralism.[1]

References

  1. "About Us". Republican Sinn Fein.