Definition of Provisional irish republican army

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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Provisional Irish Republican Army

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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
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Provisionals
Provo
Provos
Provost
Proxima
Proxima Centauri
Prozac
Pru
Prudence
Prudhoe Bay
Prue
Prueher
Prufrockian
Prumnopitys

Literary usage of Provisional irish republican army

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

1. Technology Against Terrorism: Structuring Security (1994)
"... and • 17 November Revolutionary Organization— Greece.4 One of the most active European groups is the provisional irish republican army (PERA), ..."

2. Battle for Ulster: A Study of Internal Security by Tom F. Baldy (1997)
"A more conventional campaign would elevate the status of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, whose increasingly radical tendencies arouse British fears ..."

3. Technology Against Terrorism: The Federal Effort (1992)
"... collaborated with nerous non-Arab groups, including the German ader-Meinhof Group, the Italian Red Brigades, provisional irish republican army, ..."

4. Children in Northern Ireland: Abused by Security Forces and Paramilitaries by Lois Whitman (1992)
"On the Republican side PIRA [provisional irish republican army] believe that they are the "Alternative Police Force" and the local people are encouraged to ..."

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