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Irish Republican Army

  1. a paramilitary organization formed in 1919 to fight for Irish independence from England
  2. either of the two branches (Official and Provisional) of a similar present-day organization seeking Northern Ireland's independence from the United Kingdom

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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