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unusual facts about Republican Army


Republican Army

Irish Republican Army, a military organisation descended from the Irish Volunteers


First Battle of Châtillon

The First Battle of Châtillon took place on 5 July 1793 during a French Civil war known as the War in the Vendée, and saw the Vendéens forces defeat the Republican army.


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Bernard Stewart

Bernard Stewart, alias used by Ernie O'Malley (1897–1957), Irish Republican Army officer, upon his capture

Bobby Storey

On January 11, 2005, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for South Antrim David Burnside told the British House of Commons under parliamentary privilege that Storey was head of intelligence for the Irish Republican Army.

DAAD

Direct Action Against Drugs, a cover name for the Provisional Irish Republican Army

Enrique Líster

As a high-ranking Republican Army officer, commanding the 11th division of the republican army, Líster was instrumental in the defense of Madrid and other important military actions.

Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition

Joining the Republican Army in the pursuit to San Antonio were volunteers, consisting of Americans, Tejanos, former Spanish soldiers, Lipan and Tonkawa Indians.

Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester

During the debates among Republican army leaders Oliver Cromwell and Henry Ireton about what kind of regime should succeed the now abolished rule of Charles I, it was briefly suggested that the young prince might be placed on the throne, and made to govern as the kind of limited, constitutional monarch that Parliament wanted.

Joe Fenton

Joseph Fenton (1953–1989), Northern Ireland estate agent, killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army for acting as an informer

McCreesh

Raymond McCreesh (1957–1981), Provisional Irish Republican Army member

McKearney

Pádraig McKearney (1954–1987), Marxist-oriented Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer

Tommy McKearney (born 1952), Irish Republican, socialist, former hunger striker and volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army

Mellows Bridge

However, it was renamed again in 1942 to its current name, after Lieutenant General Liam Mellows Irish Republican army who was executed during the Irish Civil War.

NORAID

In May 1981, the U.S. Department of Justice won a court case forcing Noraid to register the Provisional Irish Republican Army as its "foreign principal", under the Foreign Agents Registration Act 1938.

The Troubles in Belleek

5 April 1977 - Sean Prendergast (22), a member of the British Army (9th/12th Royal Lancers) was killed, in a Provisional Irish Republican Army landmine attack, on an Army armoured car, near Belleek.

The Troubles in Dunloy

21 February 1984 - Sergeant Paul Oram (26), a member of the British Army (14 Intelligence Company, parent regiment 9th/12th Royal Lancers), Declan Martin (18) and Henry Hogan (21), both Catholic members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, were killed in a gun battle between undercover British Army members and Provisional Irish Republican Army members in Dunloy.

Vicente Rojo

Vicente Rojo Lluch, Republican army officer during the Spanish Civil War

War in the North

Then Franco, decided to start a new offensive against Madrid, but Vicente Rojo, the leader of the Republican Army, launched a diversionary offensive in Aragon, the Battle of Teruel.

William Pilkington

Liam Pilkington (1894–1977), also known as William or Billy, served in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence