(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
(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