'''Irish republicanism''' ({{lang-ga|poblachtánachas Éireannach}}) is the political movement for an [[Irish Republic|Irish republic]], void of any [[British rule in Ireland|British rule]]. Throughout its centuries of existence, it has encompassed various tactics and identities, simultaneously elective and militant and has been both widely supported and iconoclastic.

 

 

Republican action, including armed campaigns, continued in the newly-formed state of Northern Ireland, a region of the United Kingdom. Tensions in the territory culminated in [[The Troubles|widespread conflict]] by 1969. This prompted paramilitaries: republicans assembled under the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]], who waged a campaign against the British state for approximately three decades. Represented by [[Sinn Féin]], republicans would gradually invest in political action, including the [[Northern Ireland peace process]] and the [[Good Friday Agreement]] of 1998. The PIRA have since decommissioned and republicans have been elected to various echelons of government: those within the movement opposed to this outcome are often referred to as [[dissident republican]]s.