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===After 1969=== {{unreferenced section|date=December 2015}} [[File:Graffiti in Ireland.jpg|thumb|Pro-Fianna Éireann graffito in [[County Waterford]]]] Similarly to the wider republican movement, the Fianna experienced a number of splits after the outbreak of [[the Troubles]]. In 1969 two rival groups claimed the title of the Fianna Éireann; one composed of members under the control and influence of the Official movement who wanted to end the Sinn Féin abstentionist policy, and the other aligned to the re-organized Provisional Sinn Féin and IRA movement who supported a continuation of the traditional policy. The Fianna group aligned with the Officials was dissolved in 1976 by the Official Army Council and replaced by the Irish Democratic Youth Movement after a significant number of Fianna volunteers left, taking with them a significant quantity of arms, in the 1974 OIRA-INLA split.<ref>{{citation | title = INLA Deadly Divisions |author=Jack Holland |author2=Henry McDonald | date = 1994}}{{page needed|date=January 2022}}</ref> In 1986 there was a further split within (Provisional) Sinn Féin and the IRA due to the dropping of Sinn Féin's abstentionist policy. After this split the Fianna withdrew its support from the Provisional movement, citing republican principles. It now supports [[Republican Sinn Féin]] and the [[Continuity IRA]]. [[Vice News]] reported that in early 2015 the group had about 30 members.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZM9Z0NbQwM |title=The Republic's Dissident Youth: Ireland's Young Warriors |date=23 July 2015 |publisher=Vice News |access-date=26 December 2016 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925144656/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZM9Z0NbQwM |url-status=live }}</ref> According to a 2020 study, four factors are associated with Fianna membership: "First, working-class background, with its related deprivation and social problems (such as criminality and drug addiction); second, the importance of family links and social networks; third, social media as an introduction to republicanism; and, fourth, fascination with Irish history."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Reinisch|first=Dieter|date=2020-09-16|title=Teenagers and young adults in dissident Irish republicanism: a case study of Na Fianna Éireann in Dublin|journal=Critical Studies on Terrorism|volume=13|issue=4|pages=702–723|doi=10.1080/17539153.2020.1820207|hdl=1814/68409 |hdl-access=free |s2cid=224886079|issn=1753-9153}}</ref> In May 2025, Fianna na hEireann was on the UK Government ''List of proscribed groups linked to Northern Ireland related terrorism''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-10 |title=Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations - GOV.UK |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250510172649/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proscribed-terror-groups-or-organisations--2/proscribed-terrorist-groups-or-organisations-accessible-version#list-of-proscribed-groups-linked-to-northern-ireland-related-terrorism |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
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