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During Irish History there have been a number of groups that used the title IRA. The first IRA can date itself back to 1913, known then as the Irish Volunteers, and took the name "Irish Republican Army" in 1919. It is now often referred to as the "Old IRA". Since then there have been splits which have led to groups using "IRA", including:

The Provisional IRA (PIRA), founded in 1969 and best known for paramilitary campaigns during the 1970s-1990s; The term 'IRA' is almost always now used to when talking about them, but there are others.

The Official IRA was the remainder of the IRA after the Provisional IRA split away in 1969. They are now inactive in the military sense. The 'Real' IRA, and The Continuity IRA were 1990s breakaway from the PIRA.

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