The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that carried on a number of violent campaigns between 1922 and 1969, in pursuit of a 32-county Irish republic. It arose from
An Anti-Treaty IRA unit in Old Parish, County Waterford, c. 1922.
Liam Lynch was the first Chief of Staff of the Anti-Treaty IRA. He died during the Irish Civil War.
Mick Mansfield, Staff Engineer, Waterford Brigade, 1922.
Memorial to anti-Treaty insurgents executed by Free State forces at Ballyseedy, County Kerry, designed by Yann Goulet.
Tom Barry (Irish republican)
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Thomas Bernardine Barry was an Irish republican. He was a prominent guerrilla leader in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. Barry is often known for
Barry c. 1922
The Kilmichael memorial
Crossbarry Memorial, Crossbarry, County Cork. In March 1921, 104 Irish Republican Army volunteers under the command of Tom Barry attacked and later escaped from an encircling manoeuvre by 1,200 British soldiers and Black and Tans.
Bust of Tom Barry in Fitzgerald's Park, Cork