The Troubles in Ballybogoin: Memory and Identity in Northern Ireland

Glossary

Glossary = ATGWU Amalgamated Trade and General Workers Union DUP Democratic Unionist Party. Founded in 1971 and led by the Reverend Ian Paisley. INLA Irish National Liberation Army, the military wing of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) founded in 1974. IRA Irish Republican Army. In 1970 the IRA split into two factions, the Of‹cial IRA (OIRA) and the Provisional IRA (PIRA). The latter carried out the bulk of republican military activities in the 1970s and 1980s and is the group associated with Sinn Féin. The PIRA has become known as the IRA, and this group along with Sinn Féin has negotiated the disarmament attached to the Belfast or Good Friday Agreement. NICRA Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. Founded in 1967, its leaders consisted of trade union and civil rights activists. It advocated nonviolence and led the civil rights protests of the late 1960s. NIDA Northern Ireland Development Association NILRA Northern Ireland Labor Relations Agency RUC Royal Ulster Constabulary. The police force of Northern Ireland whose legitimacy as a neutral force of law and order is questioned by Irish Republicans and many of Northern Ireland’s Roman Catholics. SAS Special Air Service. The British state deployed the undercover SAS to South Armagh in 1976 in order to combat the PIRA. It has remained in Northern Ireland since and has been implicated in a variety of “shoot to kill” incidents. SDLP Social Democratic and Labor Party. Founded in 1970, the party was led by John Hume and represented the majority of nationalist Catholics for the remainder of the century. It advocates nonviolence. 227 UDA Ulster Defense Association. Founded in 1971, this paramilitary organization served as the coordinator for the diverse loyalist military and vigilante groups. UDR Ulster Defense Regiment. A mainly part-time military force raised from the population of Northern Ireland. It lost legitimacy with Catholic citizens of Northern Ireland during the 1970s, its ‹rst decade of existence. Its Catholic membership was only 2 percent when it celebrated its tenth anniversary in 1980. UUP Ulster Unionist Party. Sometimes called the Of‹cial Unionist Party, it is the largest political entity in Northern Ireland. It is the largest party representing those Northern Ireland citizens who wish to remain part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. glossary 228 ...