Top Document: Irish FAQ: Glossary [10/10] Previous Document: 4) NI Politics Next Document: 6) Government See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge IRA Irish Republican Army; also known as the Provisionals or the Provos; main republican terrorist group Army IRA body that (apparently) makes policy and Council can only be overruled by an Army Convention (all members or delegated members) INLA Irish National Liberation Army; another republican terrorist group IPLO Irish People's Liberation Organisation; another republican terrorist group, splintered from the INLA; now thought defunct UDA Umbrella group for various loyalist paramilitary and terror groups UVF Ulster Volunteer Force; a loyalist terror group UFF a loyalist terror group; a cover name for the UDA Red Hand a loyalist terror group; often said to be a Commandos cover name for the UVF CLMC Combined Loyalist Military Command; seems to speak for loyalist terror groups; apparently they broke up recently CIRA Continuity IRA; breakaway associated with Republican Sinn Féin; (Óglaigh na hÉireann Leanunachas in Irish) CAC Continuity Army Council; apparently the CIRA equivalent of the IRA's Army Council (see above) RIRA Real IRA; splinter group that disagreed with IRA's ceasefire and "constitutionalism" LVF Loyalist Volunteer Force; extremist loyalist terror group ÓnhÉ Óglaigh na hÉireann (the Irish Volunteers); often used by republicans to refer to the IRA; lately used by RIRA to refer to themselves Chuckies supporters of the (provisional) IRA and Sinn Féin (from "tiocfaidh ár lá", republican slogan, meaning "our day will come", pronounced roughly "chucky hour law") Stickies supporters of the old "Official" IRA and Sinn Féin (now Workers Party) Taig derogotary term for Catholic and/or Nationalist, derived from Irish name Tadhg Hun derogotary term for "Protestant" and/or Unionist User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: Irish FAQ: Glossary [10/10] Previous Document: 4) NI Politics Next Document: 6) Government Part00 - Part01 - Part02 - Part03 - Part04 - Part05 - Part06 - Part07 - Part08 - Part09 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: irish-faq@pobox.com (Irish FAQ Maintainer)
Last Update March 27 2014 @ 02:11 PM
|
Regards
Ivan Brookes