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Contents 1 Goals 2 Scope 3 Guidelines 4 Open tasks 4.1 Armed Campaigns 4.1.1 Republican Wars 4.1.2 Others 4.2 Events 4.3 Armed Republican Groups 4.4 Irish Republicans 4.4.1 Early Volunteers; the Wars 4.4.2 Later IRA 4.5 Other 5 Participants 5.1 Userbox 6 Articles 6.1 Featured content 6.1.1 Candidates 6.2 Good articles 6.2.1 Candidates 6.3 Articles in need of urgent attention 6.4 Suggestions for new articles 6.5 Articles in Preparation 6.6 New articles 6.7 Collaboration 6.7.1 Nominations 6.8 Review 7 Templates 7.1 Banner 8 Categories 8.1 Regular cats 8.2 Project organization cats 9 Resources 9.1 Using references 9.2 Related projects

[edit] Goals

• Improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to Irish Republicanism and Irish Nationalism.
• Gather interested editors, and provide a central location to discuss matters pertaining to the above.

[edit] Scope

• Topics related to Irish Republicanism and Irish Nationalism.

[edit] Guidelines

[edit] Open tasks

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Irish Republicanism:

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Here are some open WikiProject Irish Republicanism tasks: Pre-1969 IRAs: Michael Collins (sourcing), Joseph McGarrity (expand, cleanup, sourcing), Seán Cronin (expand, sourcing), Seán Treacy (sourcing), Tom Barry (footnotes), Chronology of the Irish War of Independence (cleanup) Official IRA: Cathal Goulding (sourcing), Seán Garland (sourcing), Official IRA (sourcing), Jim Sullivan (Irish Republican) Provisional IRA: Freddie Scappaticci (cleanup), Kieran Nugent (expand, sourcing, cleanup), Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade (expand), Bobby Sands (details here), Raymond McCreesh (neutral sourcing), Thomas McElwee (neutral sourcing), Joe Cahill (footnotes), Patrick Joseph Kelly (expand), Balcombe Street Siege (expand), Frank Stagg (sourcing), Seamus Twomey (cleanup) Continuity IRA: Dáithí Ó Conaill (sourcing) Real IRA/32CSM: Omagh bombing (cleanup), Bernadette Sands McKevitt (expand), Seamus Daly (expand), Liam Campbell (expand) INLA: Seamus Costello (sourcing), Gino Gallagher (expand), Ronnie Bunting (sourcing), Hugh Torney (sourcing), Gerard Steenson (sourcing), Irish National Liberation Army (sourcing), Patsy O'Hara (sourcing) Sinn Féin: Jennifer McCann (sourcing), Gerry Adams (sourcing), Sue Ramsey (expand), Danny Morrison (expand), Willie Clarke (expand), Gerry McHugh (expand) Miscellaneous: Armalite and ballot box strategy (sourcing), Michael Dwyer (sourcing), Clan na Gael (sourcing), Easter Rising (footnotes) Edit or discuss this list.

[edit] Armed Campaigns

[edit] Republican Wars

• (1798) - 1798 rebellion
• (1916) - Easter Rising
• (1919 - 1921) - Irish War of Independence
• (1922 - 1923) - Irish Civil War

[edit] Others

• Irish Socialist Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War
• S-Plan
• IRA Abwehr World War II
• Northern Campaign (IRA)
• Border Campaign (IRA)
• Provisional IRA campaign 1969–1997

[edit] Events

• Battle of the Bogside

[edit] Armed Republican Groups

For an organized hierarchial chart, see Genealogy of the IRA

• Irish Citizen Army
• Irish Volunteers
• Cumann na mBan
• Irish Republican Army
• Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)
  • Saor Uladh
  • Saor Éire (1967-1975)
  • Official Irish Republican Army
    • Irish National Liberation Army
      • Irish People's Liberation Organisation
  • Provisional Irish Republican Army
    • Continuity Irish Republican Army
      • Óglaigh na hÉireann (CIRA splinter group)
      • Saoirse na hÉireann
    • Real Irish Republican Army

[edit] Irish Republicans

Note: There are many, many IRA Volunteers of varying memberships, and we cannot list them all here. We have many categories for that. Only particularly notable members should be listed here.

[edit] Early Volunteers; the Wars

• Michael Collins (Irish leader)
• Éamon de Valera
• James Connolly
• Patrick Pearse
• Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz
• Tom Clarke
• Edward Daly
• The O'Rahilly

[edit] Later IRA

• Official IRA: Cathal Goulding
• Provisionals: Joe McDonnell
• Continuity IRA: Dáithí Ó Conaill
• Real IRA: Michael McKevitt
• INLA: Seamus Costello, Dessie O'Hare

[edit] Other

• The Green Book (IRA training manual)

[edit] Participants

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1. Paddytheceltic (talk · contribs) Protestant Nationalists, Militant oganisations, Political Organizations and others..
2. Erin Go Bragh (talk · contribs) Militant Armed Irish Republican organizations. Gaelic.
3. Kathryn NicDhàna (talk · contribs) I've been working on some of the articles about women in the Easter Rising.
4. Pauric (talk · contribs) Too much to mention
5. Derry Boi (talk · contribs) Interested in all areas of republicanism really.
6. One Night In Hackney (talk · contribs) Bit of everything
7. Irish Republican (talk · contribs) Irish Republicanism 1798-Present
8. Vintagekits (talk · contribs) Irish Republicanism past and present with more focus on the history of the Provisionals
9. Phoblacht (talk · contribs) Republican Newspapers from 1790’s to Present.
10. GiollaUidir (talk · contribs) Republican activities from the 1969-mid 80's. Also, biogs of (primarily) dead activists both political and military. Post-1986 is mainly CIRA activity and shoot-to-kill operations by the SAS etc.
11. Leopold III (talk · contribs) The leaders in the period from the Easter Rising to the end of the Civil War.
12. Kevin Murray (talk · contribs) Learning more and helping where I can.
13. Scolaire (talk · contribs) 20th century history, especially the 1913-1922 period
14. Sheehan07 (talk · contribs) Love Irish History
15. Sbfenian1916 (talk · contribs) Love Irish Republicansim, hate Unionism.
16. United and Free (talk · contribs)- PIRA history and operations
17. Fluffy999 (talk · contribs) Inter(world)war republican activities. Internment and extra judicial activities surrounding Irish Republicanism.
18. Free Scotland, Unite Ireland (talk · contribs) Interested in post- St Andrews agreement Republicanism.
19. Diarmaid (talk · contribs) Six county sovereignty
20. Domer48 (talk · contribs) Period covered by the Irish Confederation (Young Ireland)
21. Conghaileach (talk · contribs) Special interest in left-republican history
22. Max rspct (talk · contribs) PIRA;INLA; civil war era; 70s 80s 90s; links/solidarity abroad;
23. Carrignafoy (talk · contribs) War of Independance and Civil War (especially in Cork) also development of Official Sinn Féin and its successors.
24. Brixton Busters (talk · contribs)
25. BigDunc (talk · contribs)
26. Ro2000 (talk · contribs) Tá suim mhór agam i stair náisiúnta na hÉireann, neamhspleach go háirithe!!
27. quirk666 (talk · contribs) Republicanism 1798-present. 32 County Sovereignty Movement
28. gavcos (talk · contribs) Old IRA, War of Independence, Civil War
29. ElementalEternity (talk · contribs) 20:31, 24 August 2007 (UTC)Irish history and republicanism in general.
30. Biofoundationsoflanguage 15:12, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
31. Moz1916 (talk · contribs) All Irish history, especially 1903-1932
32. Princess Pea Face (talk · contribs) Ireland pure and simple
33. Barryob (talk · contribs)
34. NIscroll (talk · contribs) --NIscroll (talk) 19:37, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Articles

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• Free Derry - recently expanded with increased coverage of the IRA in Free Derry. Scolaire (talk) 18:54, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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v • d • e Irish armed groups using the name Irish Republican Army Irish Republican Army (Army of the Irish Republic) (1919–1922) Organisations known by the name in later years: Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) · Official IRA (1969–present) · Provisional IRA (1969–present) · Continuity IRA (1986–present) · Real IRA (1997–present)

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v • d • e Steps in the Northern Ireland peace process Sunningdale Agreement (1973) • Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985) • Downing Street Declaration (1993) • Establishment of the IICD (1997) • Belfast Agreement (1998) • Amendment of Articles 2 and 3 (1999) • Establishment of the Independent Monitoring Commission (2003) • IRA Ceasefire & Decommissioning (2005) • St Andrews Agreement (2006)

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