The Irish Republican Army (IRA) (In Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) was an Irish republican revolutionary military organization. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organization established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916.
In 1919, the Irish Republic that had been proclaimed during the Easter Rising was formally established by an elected assembly, and the Irish Volunteers were recognized by Dáil Éireann (That means: Parliament) as its legitimate army. Thereafter, the IRA waged a guerrilla campaign against British rule in Ireland in the 1919–1921 Irish War of Independence.
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. Originating in the Sinn Féin organization founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970 after a split within the party. Sinn Féin is led by Gerry Adams. The party has historically been associated with the Provisional IRA.
Gerry Adams (In Irish: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh) was born 6 October 1948 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he is an Irish republican politician. He is the president of Sinn Féin, the second largest political party in Northern Ireland and the largest nationalist party. From the late 1980s onwards, Adams was an important figure in the Northern Ireland peace process, initially following contact by the then Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader John Hume and subsequently with the Irish and British governments and then other parties.
In 2005, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) indicated that its armed campaign was over and that it is now exclusively committed to democratic politics.
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