WOMEN'S IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY, late 1970s, a rare and striking political Cumann na mBan Women’s division of the Irish Republican Army poster, published by the 'Vrije Druk' from Hoorn/Zwaag, 46 x 64cm Cumann na mBan is an Irish republican women's paramilitary organisation formed in Dublin on 2 April 1914. Cumann na mBan supported the Provisional wing in the 1969/70 split in the IRA and Sinn Féin. Sinn Féin vice-president and leading Cumann na mBan member Máire Drumm was killed by loyalists in 1976. In Northern Ireland, Cumann na mBan was integrated into the mainstream Irish Republican Army during the conflict, although the organisation continued to exist. Condition report: Minor creases.