What did the IRA army want?

Answer 1

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) were a paramilitary group with the goal of freeing Ireland from British rule.

They originally formed in 1913, under the name "The Irish Volunteers," in response to the Ulster Volunteer Force's creation in Northern Ireland (which was intended to help prevent the Home Rule - a document trying to let Southern Ireland vote on their own taxes)

They officially became the IRA in 1969.

The IRA split into various groups since then, but as to what the aggressive groups did:

They did numerous criminal activities, including bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, extortion, and robberies. Primary targets included British police, officials, guards, and occasionally bombings at subways and malls located in Great Britain.

Criminal acts include:

· July 1972 - Bloody Friday - Belfast was hit by 22 bombs in 1 hr 15 min minutes, killing 9, and injuring 130

· 1974 - Bombing of a Birmingham pub that killed 19 persons.

· 1979 - The assassination of Lord Mountbatten (1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma), Queen Elizabeth II's uncle and the last Viceroy of India

· 1979 - Unsuccessful assassination of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Brighton, England.

· 1984 - Bombing of a Brighton hotel where then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet were meeting, which wounded several British officials and killed four other Britons

· 1993 - A car bombing in London's financial district, Canary Wharf, that killed one person and caused $1 billion of damage

· Early 1990s - Mortar attacks on the British prime minister's residence and London's Heathrow Airport.

· 1998 - A car bombing that killed 29 people in Northern Ireland. The attack led to the Irish government threatening the paramilitary groups

The IRA has also had groups which are peaceful, such as Sinn Fein, a group which is to this day trying to help make (currently all of - the southern section of Ireland is free from British rule) Ireland free from Britain.

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