The Irish Republican Army are a clandestine group of militants who serve for the Siin Fein, a legal political group in Ireland who are dedicated to removing any British rule or forces located in Northern Ireland. Many have deemed the IRA as a terrorist group, while others have branded those who have served, are serving and those who have died for the IRA’s cause as heroes. In a time when our world has been rocked with terrorism, it becomes important to figure out what motivates these militant groups to use violence in pursuit of political goals. These so-called terrorist groups are not random people, who act on impulse to murder people. Rather, most of these militant groups are oppressed people looking to change the world for the betterment of their people, or their cause. It is important to understand the background of these militant groups, and their purpose in order to gain a broader perspective on these “terrorist” acts that occur on a daily basis around the globe. There is no humane way to justify or condone the murder of innocent people in pursuit of rectifying political injustices. This essay, however, will attempt to give reasons as to why the use of violence was important to the success of any of the IRA’s political missions in an attempt to bring complete governmental control to the Irish people. Through the use of a time line and important figures in Irish and IRA history, this paper will cover the exertion of British power on Ireland and the Irish’s attempts to resolve disputes with the British in diplomatic fashions, along with the intervention Irish Republican Army and its influences on changes that have occurred in Ireland since its formation.
The Essay on The Provisional Irish Republican Army Ira
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) was formed in 1969. The Official IRA declared a cease-fire in the summer of 1972, and subsequently the term IRA began being used for the organization that developed from the 'Provisional' IRA. Organized into small, tightly knit cells under the leadership of the Army Council the IRA has remained largely unchanged. It is difficult to know the exact number ...
It is no secret to the rest of the world the trials and tribulations many Irishmen have underwent during the aftermath of British Imperialism. The Irish people have been virtual slaves to the British for centuries and as a result have been pushed to extreme limits. For centuries now, their have been attempts by many Irishmen to end British rule in a political forum, but alas, to no avail. There have been many great advances in the Irish pursuit of home rule, but nothing so significant that it would offer Ireland its complete freedom from the grasps of years of British tyranny. Great political leaders, such as William Stuart Parnell for example, had fought all of their lives for home rule, free of British influence, and did so in a non-violent manner. But any leeway earned by these politicians still left the British involved politically with Ireland, which to many, was still not enough. Though the use of violence by Irish extremists was nothing new in solving this matter with the British, the amount of violence used would increase into the next century following Parnell’s death.
With the Easter Rising of 1916, came the emergence of the Proclamation of the Republic, which many have considered to be the founding document of the Irish Republican Army. This document declared an independent republic and promised that all Republicans would have equal rights and equal opportunities for all the Irish people. The British, quick to realize the potential hazard this proclamation had on British ties to Ireland, would crush the Rising within a week by executing sixteen of the leaders. Two years later in 1918, an election would take place in which members of the Siin Fein would win seats in the British Parliament.
The Siin Fein were widely known as a republic that sought the independence of Ireland from Britain, and because this political group was so anti-British they refused to sit in the same British parliament that oppressed the Irish. Instead, Siin Fein set up an independent Irish Parliament named the Dail Eireann and proclaimed Ireland sovereign from Britain.
The British would again step in to intervene any attempts from the Siin Fein
The Essay on British Irish Relations Over The Past 300 Years
British- Irish relations over the past three hundred years have been troubled. There have been many tensions caused by religion in Northern Ireland and Britain's unfair rule of Northern Ireland. The British are guilty of many of the indignities suffered by the Irish people. They are also guilty of causing all of the religious and territorial conflicts between Catholics and Protestants in Northern ...
