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The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) which would eventually become the Irish Republican Army (IRA) was established in November, 1913. The members of the UVF were Irish nationalists that were committed to “securing and maintaining the rights and liberties common to all the people of Ireland.” The organization was formed in response to open threats of armed rebellion against the British government by the Conservative Party and the British aristocracy. These threats by the Conservative Party and British aristocracy were aimed at resisting Irish Home Rule proposed by the Liberal British government. From 1913 to the present, the UVF has developed into a volatile organization committed to the independence of Northern Ireland. The IRA, in 1919, began a widespread and effective guerrilla campaign that is still in operation today as a means of gaining independence for Northern Ireland. The roots of the UVF, and eventually the IRA, can be traced back to the English colonization of Ireland. The Irish have been struggling for freedom from tyranny since the very first English settlement. The numerous bloody, modern day conflicts that transpire in Northern Ireland between the English Protestants and the IRA is not unique, but rather it is reminiscent of earlier Irish and English wars. Long ago the Irish waged several wars in an attempt to expel the English invaders, and the IRA’s war has simply become a modern extension of the brave Irish patriots’ fight for freedom. Throughout the English colonization of Ireland, the Irish were denied their civil rights, their culture, and the right to practice their religion. The presence of the English conqueror has always been a constant reminder to the Irish of the suffering of their Irish ancestors at the hands of the British. One can easily see the similarities between the Irish deprivation of freedom in the past and the British crown’s reaction against Sinn Fein’s 1919 establishment of Dail Eireann, ...

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