Official Irish Republican Army
Military
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" encompassing all of Ireland. Wikipedia
Dates of operation: December 1969 – Late 1990s (on ceasefire since 1972)
Leaders: Cathal Goulding, Billy McMillen
Active regions: Northern Ireland (mainly); Republic of Ireland; England
Allies: Soviet Union;
Headquarters: Dublin
Ideology: Communism; Marxism-Leninism; Irish republicanism; Anti-imperialism; Revolutionary socialism
Political position: Far-left