'RA

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'RA

  1. Alternative form of RA (republican army; IRA).
    • 2018, Charles I. Armstrong, David Herbert, Jan Erik Mustad, The Legacy of the Good Friday Agreement:
      The 'RA [IRA] have become old men...
    • 2019, Joe Duffy, Freya McClements, Children of the Troubles, page 322:
      The 'RA couldn't move in Ardoyne without the Fianna.
    • 2002, Tim Pat Coogan, The IRA, page xvii:
      Ah sure the 'RA disguise you.