Definition of Provisional IRA

1. Noun. A militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland.


Definition of Provisional IRA

1. Proper noun. One of the two groups formed following a split in the IRA in 1969, advocating a united socialist Ireland and supporting the use of terrorism and violence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Provisional IRA

Proust
Proustian
Prov.
Provel
Provencal
Provence
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corse
Provencial
Proventil
Provera
Proverbs
Providence
Providence Island Sign Language
Provisional
Provisional IRA (current term)
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Provisionals
Provo
Provos
Provost
Proxima
Proxima Centauri
Prozac
Pru
Prudence
Prudhoe Bay
Prue
Prueher
Prufrockian

Literary usage of Provisional IRA

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Battle for Ulster: A Study of Internal Security by Tom F. Baldy (1997)
"... PARTICIPANTS IN THE STRUGGLE Provisional IRA Britain's major military antagonists are the republican and loyalist paramilitary organizations, ..."

2. Face to Face by Gabrielle Warnock, Jeff W. O'Connell (2000)
"The Provisional IRA (with Bishop) was the first full-length study of the Provisional IRA, and was based partially on interviews with IRA activists. ..."

3. The Friends of Rathlin Island by Stewart Dalby (2004)
"Since the Provisional IRA declared the second ceasefire in 1997 there has ... In particular, neither the Republic or the Provisional IRA have recanted on ..."

4. Dead Man Running by Martin McGartland (2000)
"... came to light which suggested that he had been a member of the Provisional IRA and involved in terrorism including the murder of an off-duty soldier. ..."

5. Children in Northern Ireland: Abused by Security Forces and Paramilitaries by Lois Whitman (1992)
"The group now known as the IRA is actually the "Provisional IRA," or "Proves," which broke away from the "Official IRA" in. The IRA is an illegal group; ..."

6. Human Rights Watch World Report 1997 by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch Staff (1996)
"1996. the Provisional IRA resumed bombing in Northern Ireland w ith the explosion of two car bombs inside British army headquarters at Lisburn. southwest of ..."

7. Technology Against Terrorism: The Federal Effort (1992)
"... the Mayor of Nagasaki was wounded by extreme right-wing assailants; and a British member of Parliament was murdered by the Provisional IRA (PIRA). ..."

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