Are the IRA Northern Irish?

The Provisional IRA operated mostly in Northern Ireland, using violence against the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the British Army, and British institutions and economic targets.

What did the IRA want Northern Ireland to be?

The Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent, socialist …

Is Northern Ireland more Catholic?

Like Great Britain (but unlike most of the Republic of Ireland), Northern Ireland has a plurality of Protestants (48\% of the resident population are either Protestant, or brought up Protestant, while 45\% of the resident population are either Catholic, or brought up Catholic, according to the 2011 census) and its people …

Why was Northern Ireland allowed to remain part of the UK?

The main reason why Northern Ireland was allowed to remain a part of the UK, while the rest of the country left is because Northern Ireland has a big unionist population that wants to stay in the United Kingdom.

When did Northern Ireland secede from England?

Northern Ireland, along with all the rest of Ireland, left the UK at 13:00 on 6 December 1922. Less than 24 hours later, on 7 December 1922, the locally-elected government of Northern Ireland at Stormont resolved to secede from the Irish Free State and petition to be allowed to rejoin the UK.

What ultimately led to the Troubles in Northern Ireland?

(Although the correct title for the UK is “The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland”). This ultimately led to the ‘Troubles’ as the Catholic minority wanted greater political power coupled with republican sentiments that wanted union with the rest of Ireland.

What happened to the native Irish in Northern Ireland?

The native Irish were partially uprooted from their land and replaced by settlers from England and Scotland. When Irish resistance to English rule started coming to a head again at the beginning of the 20th century, the majority of the population in the north rejected Irish independence, as they enjoyed privileges in emp