It was full-on terrorism.

They killed garrisoned Brits, children, and other civilians.

well the pira was terrorist sin feinn was just the political branch

Sinn Fein became a political body.

if they killed thatcher that would be good
but they just blew pubs up and landmined roads

They used to be militant.

it was the political party that the pira supported

nonono

It was historically affiliated with the IRA.

the provos

Senior members held positions.

the provo ira

not the original

the og ira was good

@sabrinaisheresometime ss I need to paste the citation in the DM, open it.

what

The citation for SF.

why dm

Nevermind here.

where was that from

pro-pira prolly

Brendan O’Brian’s book.

>liberation

ha

the pira did dogshit

PIRA dissolved in 2005.

and?

i mean they did little 'liberation'

I’m adding that they were useless.

they just made the civil rights movement for catholics violent and fucking terrorist level, killed civillians, put fear in NI, fueled the hatred between north and south, established a borderline communist party with a scary amount of influence, and a shit ton of crime

o

And that it’s ultimately just a worthless group that made Northern Irish see England as a better alternative.

yeah

my grandma lived near the border during the entire troubles and it was hell

she had to commonly go between north and south

There are currently Dissident Republican groups.

They’re still there.

she had to park her car in an alley and cover the republic license plate or else unionist para groups would slash the tires, shatter the windows, and key the car

Red Hand Commando?

none in specific just lots of unionist para groups in general in that area

and the british soldiers would often give you shit for it apparently

and civillians