eli5: What is the cause of the IRA? Are they still active, and what do the people of Ireland think of their cause?

Question

eli5: What is the cause of the IRA? Are they still active, and what do the people of Ireland think of their cause?

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Answer 1

The cause of the IRA was that young to middle aged Irish men assembled in the 1910s to 1940s to fight for Irish freedom from Britain.They were known as Irish ‘patriots’ who were executed by the British army in the search of freedom.They believed in a United Ireland , free of British control and tyranny.Unfortunately these days , after ireland finally recieved freedom from Britain , the ‘IRA’ arent as existant these days.They are much more of an exclusive community who fight drug problems in drug torn areas like inner city dublin and provide protection to shopowners in return for money.