IRA Southern Command
IRA Southern Command was a command division in the Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) and Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), responsible for providing logistical support in the South (Irish Free State and later the Republic of Ireland) for IRA Northern Command operations in Northern Ireland. It was headquartered in Dublin.
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Provisional Irish Republican Army
With the creation of the IRA Northern Command in 1976 during the height of the Troubles,[2] the Southern Command shifted its functions to logistical support in the 21 counties in the South, such as weapons procurement made in the Republic or overseas, training volunteers, financing, and safe houses for the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). The IRA Northern Command encompassed not only the six counties in the North but also the border areas of the Republic of Ireland (Louth, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, and Cavan).[4]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-00-653155-5.
- ^ ISBN 0-14-101041-X.
- ISBN 0-86278-836-6.
- Department of Foreign Affairs.