Óglaigh na hÉireann (Real IRA splinter group)

Óglaigh na hÉireann
Participant in the Dissident Irish republican campaign
Active	2009 - present
Ideology	Irish republicanism Socialism
Leaders	Army Council
Area of operations	Northern Ireland (mainly) Republic of Ireland
Strength	~50 members (2010)
Originated as	Real Irish Republican Army
Opponents	British Army Police Service of Northern Ireland

Óglaigh na hÉireann (ONH; [ˈoːɡɫ̪iː n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ]) is the title taken by a small dissident Irish republican paramilitary group that has taken part in the dissident Irish republican campaign. The organisation started carrying out attacks around 2009 and was formed after a split within the Real IRA.

In December 2010, the group's strength was estimated to be about 50 members and it is recruiting and training in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The group has carried out high-profile attacks on the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the British Army in Northern Ireland. The organisation seems to be mainly based in the Belfast area, and there are also elements within the Derry, Strabane and South Armagh/North Louth areas. However, with the growth of the larger New IRA after it formed in July 2012, the organisation's activity has steadily declined. Splits and an intelligence campaign waged against it by the PSNI and MI5 have caused the organisation to lose many members, according to media reports. The organisation is said to be aligned with the Republican Network for Unity, a republican socialist group, although RNU has denied this.

Óglaigh na hÉireann is an Irish Language idiom for "soldiers of Ireland", "warriors of Ireland", "Irish Volunteers", or "volunteers of Ireland". It has been referred to as ONH for short by many, including the Independent Monitoring Commission.

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