Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade
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The East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), also known as the Tyrone/Monaghan Brigade was one of the most active republican paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland during "the Troubles". It is believed to have drawn its membership from across the eastern side of County Tyrone as well as north County Monaghan and south County Londonderry.
Provisional IRA mural at Coalisland
A 2009 reenactment of a Provisional IRA active service unit in Galbally, County Tyrone
The Fintona RUC/Army base damaged by a "Barrack Buster" mortar, 27 December 1993
Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign
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From 1969 until 1997, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) conducted an armed paramilitary campaign primarily in Northern Ireland and England, aimed at ending British rule in Northern Ireland in order to create a united Ireland.
IRA members showing an improvised mortar and an RPG (1992)
Gelignite was a common explosive obtained by the IRA in the Republic of Ireland for use in Northern Ireland. For example, it was behind the 48,000lbs of explosives detonated in Northern Ireland in the first six months of 1973 alone.
An AK-47 rifle, over 1,000 of which were smuggled by Muammar Gaddafi to the Provisional IRA in the 1980s
Samples of Semtex-H and C4 plastic explosives