1. The IRA presentation by Leonie Haak

2. What is the IRA? - - abbreviation for - - Irish Republican Army - - Irish republican revolutionary military organisation (fought for the Independence of Ireland) - - operated from 1916 to present day

3. The history of the ‘old’ IRA - - descended from the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army - - you can see connections between the IRA and the political party ‘Sinn Féin’ till this day

4. War of Independence (war against the Crown forces from 1919 till July 1921) Three phases: - - re-organisation of the Irish Volunteers - - attacks on the fortified police barracks - - ambush tactics

5. - - a few points: - - pullback of the British army - - Ireland as a dominion - - formal head of state the British monarch - - Great Britain controlls the ports Anglo-Irish Treaty (signatures) Anglo-Irish Treaty

6. Civil war (1922-1923) - - Irish government used the army against the IRA - - in May 1923 the IRA capitulated

7. „anti-treaty“-IRA - - bombing campaigns in Northern Ireland during the following years - - 28th July 2005: IRA declared the end of the armed fight - - All weapons put ‚beyond use‘ - - IRA now officially a ‚peaceful‘ group

8. Thank you for listening – any questions?