Ira

¹

[ ahy-ruh ]

noun

1. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”

IRA

²

or I.R.A.

1. individual retirement account.
2. Irish Republican Army.

IRA

abbreviation for

1. Irish Republican Army

Example Sentences

Michael McConville has said that the portrayal of his mother's murder and secret burial by the IRA in a new Disney drama is "horrendous" and "cruel".

From BBC

He had been one of more than 100 officers deployed to cover the repatriation of IRA man James McDade, who died the previous week when a bomb he planted in Coventry detonated.

From BBC

Then in 1981 he was acquitted of drug charges after telling a jury at the Old Bailey he was an MI5 agent spying on IRA drug smugglers and gunrunners.

From BBC

A disclaimer at the end of each episode acknowledges Adams’ denial that he was ever a member of the IRA or involved in political violence; it’s a claim “Say Nothing” otherwise freely dismisses.

From Los Angeles Times

This silence, evoked by the title, describes the organizational omerta under which the IRA operated and the unspoken agreement between its operatives and the people they lived among.

From Salon