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Official army of the Republic
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The English and irish goverments divided ireland between them.
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IRA tried to reunite the north and south of Ireland through terrorist attacks.
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The IRA Provisonal Army Council issues a statement which signals the split between the IRA. The Provisionals emerge.
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The English Army killed 14 protestors
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The IRA sets off 26 bombs in Belfast killing nine people and injuring 130.
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The IRA has announced a ceasefire after a quarter of a century of what it called its "armed struggle" to get the British out of Northern Ireland.
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IRA detonated a bomb in Manchester, England. It destroyed a large part of the city centre and injured over 200 people. To date, it is the largest bomb to be planted on the British mainland since World War II. Several buildings were damaged beyond repair, and had to be demolished.
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IRA issued an apology to the families of the 650 civilians killed by the IRA since the late 1960. This apology was released days before the 30th aniversary of the IRA bloody friday in which 9 people were killed and 130 people get injured by a bomb.
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The terrorist organization finally disarms.
