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The Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army has a long history rooted in a fight for independence. The I.R.A started in 1916 to fight against the British and gain independence for Ireland. (Bell 18). The fight for Irish independence ended in 1921 when Ireland was split up. Ireland was partitioned into two parts, Northern and Southern Ireland. The British kept in six counties in Northern Ireland and renamed them Ulster. Southern Ireland was given its independence. (ww.cfr.org). Northern Ireland was mainly made up of a protest majority but Irish Catholics still stayed in Northern Ireland. Southern Ireland was made up of a Catholic majority. (Bell 32-35)
The Protestant majority soon started to oppress the Catholic minority. The Catholics that remained in Northern Ireland faced discrimination and were treated as second class citizens. The I.R.A soon turned its cause to defending the Catholics that remained in Northern Ireland. The Catholics in Northern Ireland were looking for equal treatment and civil rights. Also within Northern Ireland there was a nationalist movement that was unhappy with the British occupation. Some Northern Irish wanted to have one united Ireland free of British control. (English).
For a long time the I.R.A tried peaceful methods to gain equal treatment for the Catholic minority but were met with resistance. The Protestants and the British government met the peaceful attempts of the I.R.A with violence. The I.R.A soon got frustrated and started to employ violent methods to gain equality and civil rights for the Catholic Minority in Ulster. The I.R.A began implementing methods such as Bombings, sniper attacks, and assassinations. (www.CFR.org)
The Irish Republican Army is mainly made up of Irish Catholics that live in Ulster. These Catholics living in Ulster don’t feel equal to the Protestants living in the same area. The Catholics face discrimination and lack civil rights in Ulster. Also the...
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