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When did the IRA formally end its armed campaign?
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the Troubles
Local people walking past a British soldier on guard in Northern Ireland, August 1969.
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) formally announced the end of its armed campaign on July 28, 2005.1
At that time, the organization stated that it would pursue its objectives solely through peaceful, democratic means and instructed all its units to dump their arms. This decision followed years of political efforts to resolve the conflict known as the Troubles, including the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which had established a framework for power-sharing and normalized cross-community relations in Northern Ireland.123