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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.
Category relationships: Act Of Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Act
Terms within: Sinn Fein
Generic synonyms: Foreign Terrorist Organization, Fto, Terrorist Group, Terrorist Organization
Geographical relationships: Eire, Ireland, Irish Republic, Republic Of 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
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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