Irish Republican Army

Noun

1.

Irish Republican Army - 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 Synonyms: IRA, Provisional IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provos

Eire, foreign terrorist organization, FTO, IRA, Ireland, Irish Free State, Provisional IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provos, Sinn Fein, terrorist group, terrorist organization