republic of ireland

1. domain member region:

   • cira, continuity army council, continuity irish republican army - a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein
   • catholic reaction force, inla, irish national liberation army, people's liberation army, people's republican army - a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland
   • ira, irish republican army, provisional ira, provisional irish republican army, provos - 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
   • dissident irish republican army, real ira, real irish republican army, rira - a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement
   is an instance of: european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent
   belongs to:

   • british commonwealth, commonwealth of nations - an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
   • common market, ec, eec, eu, europe, european community, european economic community, european union - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
   has:

   • capital of ireland, dublin, irish capital - capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
   • cork - a port city in southern Ireland
   • galway - a port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay
   • limerick - port city in southwestern Ireland
   • tara - a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century
   • waterford - a port city in southern Ireland; famous for glass industry
   is a part of:

   • emerald isle, hibernia, ireland - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
   • 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
   same as: eire, ireland, irish republic

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