Real IRA

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:RIRA
gptkbp:class terrorist organization (by UK, US, EU)
gptkbp:designatedAsTerroristBy gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disavowedBy gptkb:Provisional_IRA
gptkb:Sinn_Féin
gptkbp:estimatedStrength dozens to low hundreds (varies over time)
gptkbp:founded 1997
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Real_Irish_Republican_Army
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:crime
extortion
smuggling
illegal fuel laundering
gptkbp:goal End British rule in Northern Ireland
Unification of Ireland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Real IRA
gptkbp:ideology Irish nationalism
Irish republicanism
gptkbp:leader Michael McKevitt (founding leader)
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Omagh_bombing
gptkb:2000_Ealing_bombing
gptkb:2001_BBC_bombing
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Omagh_bombing_(15_August_1998)
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Bernadette_Sands_McKevitt
gptkb:Colm_Murphy
gptkb:Liam_Campbell
gptkb:Michael_McKevitt
gptkb:Seamus_McGrane
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Police_Service_of_Northern_Ireland
gptkb:Irish_government
gptkb:Garda_Síochána
gptkbp:region gptkb:England
gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkb:Republic_of_Ireland
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Continuity_IRA
gptkb:Provisional_IRA
gptkb:32_County_Sovereignty_Movement
gptkb:New_IRA
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
gptkbp:status Active (as of 2024, but diminished)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:New_IRA
gptkbp:women's_wing gptkb:32_County_Sovereignty_Movement_(alleged_political_wing)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:PIRA
gptkb:IRA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6