IRA

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IRA is an acronym with various meanings.

There are several paramilitary groups which claim the title 'Irish Republican Army', and advocate an all-island Irish state achieved through force with no ties to the United Kingdom.

Irish Republican Army (explaining the linked history of movements claiming to be the IRA)
Provisional Irish Republican Army (sometimes called the PIRA, a republican breakaway group in the 1970s associated with Sinn Féin (this is the dominant IRA)
Official IRA (Marxist IRA officially on ceasefire since the 1970s. The PIRA above broke from this movement)
Real Irish Republican Army (a breakaway from the PIRA formed after the 1990s ceasefires)
Continuity Irish Republican Army (a breakaway from the PIRA formed in 1986)
Old IRA (The official Army of the Irish Republic (1919-1922). Later IRAs claimed to be this organisation. Most Irish people disagree.)

On a completely different note, there is also:

The Individual Retirement Account (legal name: Individual Retirement Arrangement) or IRA, a private retirement account in the USA that enjoys certain tax benefits.

There is also:

Ira (which has a number of alternative meanings)

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