NOUN
- 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
How To Use Provisional IRA In A Sentence
- The first 'general army convention' of the Provisional IRA was attended by just thirty-four people
- He rose through the Provisional IRA's ranks in the 1980s.
- A Special Branch surveillance list drawn up three years ago detailed the movements of suspected members of the Provisional IRA.
- During the 1798 Rebellion, weapons were stored in secret bunkers and in the 1970's members of the Provisional IRA used Gun Island as a hide out.
- Some are former members of the Provisional IRA.
- We ran a debate on the question of the 'Armed Struggle', and we also sent a letter to the Provisional IRA.
- A number of the Provisional IRA members held in Castlerea are expected to be among those allowed out for a time next week.
