The Provisional Irish Republican Army's ( IRA ) campaign against the partition of Ireland had begun in the two years prior to Bloody Sunday, but public perceptions of the day boosted the status of, and recruitment into, the organisation enormously.

On 10 August Bombardier Paul Challenor became the first soldier to be killed by the Provisional IRA in Derry, when he was shot by a sniper on the Creggan estate.

Both the Official IRA and Provisional IRA had established " no-go " areas for the British Army and RUC in Derry through the use of barricades.

Although there were many IRA men — both Official and Provisional — present at the protest, it is claimed they were all unarmed, apparently because it was anticipated that the paratroopers would attempt to " draw them out ".

Evidence given by Martin McGuinness, a senior member of Sinn Féin and now the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, to the inquiry stated that he was second-in-command of the Derry City brigade of the Provisional IRA and was present at the march.

With the Official IRA and Official Sinn Féin having moved away from mainstream Irish republicanism towards Marxism, the Provisional IRA began to win the support of newly radicalised, disaffected young people.

Fermanagh is part of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone Parliamentary Constituency, renowned for high levels of voting and for electing Provisional IRA hunger-striker Bobby Sands as a Member of Parliament in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, April 1981, shortly before his death.

It emerged from a split in the Provisional IRA in 1986 but did not become active until the Provisional IRA ceasefire of 1994.

The Continuity IRA has its origins in a split in the Provisional IRA.

In September 1986, the Provisional IRA held a meeting of its General Army Convention ( GAC ), the organisation ’ s supreme decision-making body.

The meeting, which like all such meetings was secret, was convened to discuss among other resolutions, the articles of the Provisional IRA constitution which dealt with abstentionism, its opposition to the taking of seats in Dáil Éireann.

The GAC passed motions ( by the necessary two-thirds majority ) allowing members of the Provisional IRA to discuss and debate the taking of parliamentary seats, and the removal of the ban on members of the organisation from supporting any successful republican candidate who took their seat in Dáil Éireann.

The Provisional IRA convention delegates opposed to the change in the Constitution claimed that the convention was gerrymandered " by the creation of new IRA organisational structures for the convention, including the combinations of Sligo-Roscommon-Longford and Wicklow-Wexford-Waterford.

Maguire had also been contacted by supporters of Gerry Adams, then and now President of Sinn Féin, and a supporter of the change in the Provisional IRA constitution.

Thus, similar to the claim put forward by the Provisional IRA after its split from the Official IRA in 1969, the Continuity IRA claims to be the legitimate continuation of the ' Irish Republican Army ' or Óglaigh na hÉireann.

There is also a memorial to those who died engaging in paramilitary activity as part of the Provisional IRA's Derry brigade.

In 2005 Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams called on the Provisional IRA to move from physical force activity to exclusively democratic means.

They also suspect that the Continuity IRA arsenal contains some weapons that were taken from Provisional IRA arms dumps, including a few dozen rifles, machine guns, and pistols ; a small amount of the explosive Semtex ; and a few dozen detonators.

The CIRA also actively took part in recruiting and training members, including disgruntled former Provisional IRA members.

The bill also furthered Finnish independence by restricting Russia's influence on domestic Finnish affairs: the Provisional Government of Russia would determine only the foreign and military policies of Finland.

A naval blockade extending from the pre-war Greek border to Vlorë was also instituted on 3 December, isolating the newly established Provisional Government of Albania based there from any outside support.

* ETA – Basque Fatherland and Liberty, a left-wing Basque separatist group fighting for the independence of the Basques from Spain with ties to the Provisional Irish Republican Army also received training support from Libya in the 1960s and mid -' 70s.

The Provisional Irish Republican Army is also referred to as PIRA, the Provos, or by its supporters as the Army or the ' RA ; its constitution establishes it as Óglaigh na hÉireann (" The Irish Volunteers ") in the Irish language.

SAC " Provisional " wings were also located in Okinawa and Thailand during the Vietnam War and at Diego Garcia and in the United Kingdom during the first Gulf War.

It also succeeds in defending itself from an attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( PIRA ) against its home base.

It was first used in the flags of Alexander Ypsilantis, and was chosen as the official emblem of the Provisional Government ( 1828 – 1832 ) by Governor John Capodistria, who also named the first modern Greek currency " phoenix ".

It has also recently been claimed by some in the Republican Socialist Movement that one of their members killed in 1975, Brendan McNamee ( who was involved in the killing of Billy McMillen ), was actually killed by Provisional Irish Republican Army members.

The Provisional Government also postponed the land reforms demanded by the Bolsheviks.

The Soviet also believed that the new Provisional Government would be tasked with implementing democratic reforms and pave the way for a proletarian revolution.

He also served as Ambassador to Ghana for the Provisional Algerian Government ( GPRA ) and attended conferences in Accra, Conakry, Addis Ababa, Leopoldville, Cairo and Tripoli.

Cosgrave became Chairman of the Provisional Government on 25 August and, when he was also elected as President of Dáil Éireann in September, the two administrations were merged.

Kamenev argued against Lenin's position in Pravda editorials, but Lenin prevailed at the April Party conference, at which point Pravda also condemned the Provisional Government as " counter-revolutionary ".

At the same time, socialists also formed the Petrograd Soviet, which ruled alongside the Provisional Government, an arrangement termed Dual Power.

31 of the 33 pilots of the 13th and 33rd Pursuit Squadrons ( Provisional ) also perished.

Unease also escalated amongst Russia's businessmen and industrialists, whilst even amongst the politicians that formed the Provisional Government support for the restoration of order was strong.

Bolshevik support amongst the Russian public also increased following the Kornilov affair, a consequence of dissatisfaction with the Provisional Government and their handling of the affair.

However, the state has also opposed and used its security forces against those armed groups-principally the Provisional Irish Republican Army, who have tried to unite Ireland by force.

On June 13, 1777, Morgan was also placed in command of the Provisional Rifle Corps, a light infantry unit of 500 riflemen selected primarily from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia units of the main army.

Similar tactics were also used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) during the early years of The Troubles.

Between October 15, 2003 and January 15, 2004, the Coalition Provisional Authority issued new Iraqi dinar coins and notes, with the notes printed by De La Rue using modern anti-forgery techniques, to " create a single unified currency that is used throughout all of Iraq and will also make money more convenient to use in people ’ s everyday lives.

This order was given without either the knowledge or consent of the Provisional Government and it was not until August 23, following an increased amount of industrial unrest, that Kerensky sent word to Kornilov that this troop movement had government approval.

This increased speculation that the FLNC were being supplied by Libya, who were at the time supplying other revolutionary groups in Europe, including the Provisional IRA.

While Moldavia remained the only region under Romanian administration and the country increased its reliance on Imperial Russia-and then on the Russian Provisional Government, the Romanian Army was able to block further Central Powers ' offensives in the battles of Mărăşeşti, Mărăşti, and Oituz.

At New Bern, the Union forces were increased to three divisions and formed into a Provisional Corps with Cox in command.