Irish Republican Army (1919â22) The Irish Republican Army (IRA) (Irish: Ãglaigh na hÃireann) was an Irish republican revolutionary paramilitary organisation. The ancestor to many groups also known as the Irish Republican Army, it was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916.
Eidolon helvum or the Straw colored fruit bat â This variety of fruit bat is a part of the small family, Pteropodinae and Eidolon genus (straw-colored fruit bats). An extensively spread variety fruit bat in Africa, their exterior is straw colored or yellowish hence their name.ynopterus brachyotis or the Lesser Short-Nosed Fruit bat â This is of part of the small family Cynopterinae and Cynopterus genus (short-nosed or dog-faced fruit bats). The males are yellowish brown to brown having a collar of dark orange, while the females have yellowish collar.
Fossils show that bent-winged bats once occurred across the whole of Europe: two Miocene species (M. fossilis and M. zapfei) are known from France (Mein & Ginsburg 2002) and another (M. rummeli) from Germany; a Pliocene species (M. approximatus) is known from Poland (WoÅoszyn 1987).ntil about 2005, about 11 species were recognised in this group, one of which â the Schreiberâs long-fingered bat or Common bent-winged bat M. schreibersii â was said to have colonised the entirety of this groupâs gigantic geographical range by itself.