| irish republican army | (n) 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, Syn. Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, IRA, Provos |
| continuity irish republican army | (n) a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein, Syn. CIRA, Continuity Army Council |
| ireland | (n) a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921, Syn. Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, Eire |
| real ira | (n) a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement, Syn. Real Irish Republican Army, Dissident Irish Republican Army, RIRA |
