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Stances of IRA divisions on the Anglo-Irish treaty, which ended the Irish War of Independence.
by
oglach:
For
background, what made the treaty so controversial was the fact that it
gave Ireland partial independence as a dominion (akin to Canada at the
time), where politicians still had to swear loyalty to the crown. As well
as effectively guaranteeing the partition of the island, and the
creation of Northern Ireland.Many
within the IRA rejected these compromises and wanted to keep fighting
for complete freedom, causing a civil war between pro-treaty and
anti-factions. This was eventually won by the pro-treaty side with
British support, with the pro-treaty IRA going on to become the new
Irish military.The anti-treaty
faction was driven underground, but continued to wage a low-level
insurgency against both Britain and the new Irish government until the
60s, when they split again into communist and nationalist factions. The
latter of which became known as the Provisional IRA, and obviously
experienced a huge “revival” during the Troubles.
