| Date | Political | Paramilitary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907-16 | "Ancient Order of Hibernians (Irish-American Alliance)" | Hibernian Rifles | |
| 1913-22 | Irish Transport and General Workers' Union | Irish Citizen Army | "In 1914–16, the ITGWU and the ICA were scarcely connected and real differences existed."[1] "The lack of ITGWU involvement led Brian Trench to contend that it was not even a trade union army, although trade union membership was a condition of entry".[2] ITGWU neutral on Treaty, supported Labour Party. ICA factions mainly anti-Treaty but under IRA command.[3] |
| 1917-22 | Sinn Féin | Irish Volunteers --> IRA | October conventions |
| 1922-? | Communist Party of Ireland (1920) | Red Guard | |
| 1922-23 | - | - | Treaty split and Civil War; no direct party-to-army correpsondence. |
| 1923-25 | Sinn Féin / anti-Treaty / "Republican" | "Irregulars" / IRA | Little formal connection |
| 1925-31,32-34,35-38 | - | IRA | Withdrew support from Sinn Féin |
| 1931-32 | Saor Éire | IRA | Far-left |
| 1934-35 | Republican Congress | Irish Citizen Army | Communist split from IRA; revived ICA, which soon split.[3] |
| 1938-69/70 | Sinn Féin | IRA | Second Dáil declaration |
| 1953–57 | Clann na Poblachta | Saor Uladh | CnaP in Republic, Saor Uladh in NI. IRA splinter |
| 1967-75 | Irish Workers' Group | Saor Éire | Marxist |
| 1969/70- | Provisional Sinn Féin | Provisional Irish Republican Army | "Provisional" wing after split in "Republican Movement" |
| 1969/70-2010 | Official Sinn Féin--> Workers' Party of Ireland | Official Irish Republican Army | "Official" wing after split in "Republican Movement". OIRA on ceasefire since 1972, still involved in criminality in 1990s |
| 1974- | Irish Republican Socialist Party | Irish National Liberation Army | Collectively "Irish Republican Socialist Movement" IRSM |
| 1986/94- | Republican Sinn Féin | Continuity Irish Republican Army | Provo split 1986; CIRA active after PIRA ceasefire |
| 1986-92 | Republican Socialist Collective | Irish People's Liberation Organisation | INLA split, ended by Provos |
| 1997- | 32 County Sovereignty Movement | Real Irish Republican Army --> New IRA | Provo split; 2012 RIRA merged with Republican Action Against Drugs, dubbed "New IRA" |
| 2006- | - | Irish Republican Liberation Army | "a group of criminals taking a republican banner" possibly CIRA split |
| 2007/9- | Republican Network for Unity | Óglaigh na hÉireann (Real IRA splinter group) | 2007 RNU, 2009 ONH |
References edit
- ^ Woggon, Helga (2005). "Interpreting James Connolly, 1916–23". Politics and the Irish Working Class, 1830–1945. pp. 172–186. doi:10.1057/9780230503779_10. ISBN 978-1-349-51962-0.
- ^ Conferences and Exhibitions; review of Irish Workers in Conflict Jo Quigley Saothar Vol. 10 (1984), pp. 134-135 Published by: Irish Labour History Society JSTOR 23195901
- ^ a b The Irish Citizen Army after 1916 Brian Hanley Saothar Vol. 28 (2003), pp. 37-47 Published by: Irish Labour History Society JSTOR 23199762