The Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA was an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a "workers' republic" encompa
Official IRA patrol vehicle in Turf Lodge, Belfast, April 1972
The Irish National Liberation Army is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group formed on 8 December 1974, during the 30-year period of conflict known as "the Troubles". The group seeks to remo
Official Irish Republican Army
…the ceasefire, the OIRA began to be referred to as "Group B" within the Official movement. It became involved in feuds with the Provisional IRA and the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), an OIRA splinter group formed in 1974. It has also been reported to be involved in organized crime and vigilantism. The Official IRA was linked…
An INLA active service unit posing with weapons in South Armagh, 11 November 1986
Divis Flats, Belfast
Maze prison near Belfast, site of the prisoners' protests and hunger strike
A commemoration on the 25th anniversary of the hunger strike