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Provisional IRA
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Provisional Irish Republican Army
The
Provisional Irish Republican Army
(
IRA
or
PIRA
) was an
Irish republican
paramilitary
organisation that sought to remove
Northern Ireland
from the
United Kingdom
and bring about an independent
republic
encompassing
all of Ireland
. It was the biggest and most active republican paramilitary group during
the Troubles
. It saw itself as the successor to the
original IRA
and called itself simply the
Irish Republican Army
, or
Óglaigh na hÉireann
in
Irish
. It was also widely referred to as such by others. The IRA is designated an unlawful
terrorist organisation
in the United Kingdom and an unlawful organisation in the
Republic of Ireland
.
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