Irish Republican Army

I′rish Repub′lican Ar′my,

Government, Militaryan underground Irish nationalist organization founded to work for Irish independence from Great Britain: declared illegal by the Irish government in 1936, but continues activity aimed at the unification of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Abbr.: IRA, I.R.A.

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Irish Republican Army n

the former military wing of Sinn Fein, a movement that seeks a united republican Ireland; the IRA formed during the struggle for Irish independence from Britain (1916–1921); it divided in 1969 into Provisional and Official wings, with the latter becoming largely inactive, while the former waged violence against both military and civilian targets in Northern Ireland and then in mainland Britain; the Provisional IRA declared a ceasefire in 1997, supported the Good Friday Agreement (1998), then disarmed in 2005 under international supervisionAbbreviation: IRA

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