northern ireland

1. A division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland (synset 108908068)
   domain member region:

   • loyalist volunteer force - a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace
   • association of orangemen, orange order - a Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland
   • orange group, ov - a terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland
   • red hand defenders, rhd - a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Republic; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder
   • uda, ulster defence association - the major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland; responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling drugs
   is an instance of: european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent
   has:

   • bangor - a town in southeastern Northern Ireland
   • belfast, capital of northern ireland - capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland
   is a part of:

   • emerald isle, hibernia, ireland - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
   • britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
   • europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

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