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Real Ulster Freedom Fighters

Index Real Ulster Freedom Fighters

The Real Ulster Freedom Fighters, otherwise known as the Real UFF, was a dissident loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. [1]

31 relations: AK-47, Antrim, County Antrim, Belfast North (Assembly constituency), Belfast Telegraph, Continuity Irish Republican Army, County Antrim, Democratic Unionist Party, Gaelic Athletic Association, Gary Smyth (loyalist), Gerry Adams, Gerry Kelly, Handgun, Irish Catholics, Irish republicanism, Jim Spence (loyalist), Johnny Adair, Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland), Mo Courtney, Northern Ireland, Orange Volunteers, Pipe bomb, Real Irish Republican Army, Red Hand Defenders, Rocket launcher, RUC Special Branch, Shoukri brothers, Sinn Féin, St Andrews Agreement, Sunday Life (newspaper), Timeline of Ulster Defence Association actions, Ulster Defence Association.

AK-47

The AK-47, or AK as it is officially known, also known as the Kalashnikov, is a gas-operated, 7.62×39mm assault rifle, developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov.

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Antrim, County Antrim

Antrim is a town and civil parish in County Antrim in the northeast of Northern Ireland, on the banks of the Six Mile Water, half a mile northeast of Lough Neagh.

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Belfast North (Assembly constituency)

Belfast North (Ulster Scots: Bilfawst North) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Belfast Telegraph

The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media.

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Continuity Irish Republican Army

The Continuity Irish Republican Army, usually known as the Continuity IRA (CIRA) is an Irish republican paramilitary group that claims to be the armed forces of the Irish Republic that was proclaimed in 1916.

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County Antrim

County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim)) is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of about 618,000. County Antrim has a population density of 203 people per square kilometre or 526 people per square mile. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland, as well as part of the historic province of Ulster. The Glens of Antrim offer isolated rugged landscapes, the Giant's Causeway is a unique landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bushmills produces whiskey, and Portrush is a popular seaside resort and night-life area. The majority of Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, is in County Antrim, with the remainder being in County Down. It is currently one of only two counties of Ireland to have a majority of the population from a Protestant background, according to the 2001 census. The other is County Down to the south.

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Democratic Unionist Party

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, (CLG)) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders.

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Gary Smyth (loyalist)

Gary Smyth (sometimes written as Gary Smith or Garry Smyth) is a Northern Irish former loyalist paramilitary.

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Gerry Adams

Gerard Adams (Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician who was the Leader of the Sinn Féin political party between 13 November 1983 and 10 February 2018, and has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth since the 2011 general election.

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Gerry Kelly

Gerard "Gerry" Kelly (born 5 April 1953) is an Irish republican politician and former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who played a leading role in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement on 10 April 1998.

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Handgun

A handgun is a short-barreled firearm designed to be fired with only one hand.

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Irish Catholics

Irish Catholics are an ethnoreligious group native to Ireland that are both Catholic and Irish.

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Irish republicanism

Irish republicanism (poblachtánachas Éireannach) is an ideology based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.

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Jim Spence (loyalist)

Jim Spence (born c. 1960Lister & Jordan, p. 95) is a Northern Irish former loyalist activist.

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Johnny Adair

Jonathan Adair (born 27 October 1963), better known as Johnny Adair or Mad Dog Adair, is an Ulster loyalist and the former leader of the "C Company", 2nd Battalion Shankill Road, West Belfast Brigade of the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).

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Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs; Comhaltaí den Tionól Reachtach, CTRs; Ulster-Scots: Laa-Makkan Forgaitherars, LMFs) are representatives elected by the voters to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Mo Courtney

William Samuel "Mo" Courtney (born 8 July 1963) was an Ulster Defence Association (UDA) activist.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Orange Volunteers

The Orange Volunteers (OV) or Orange Volunteer Force (OVF) is a small Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.

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Pipe bomb

A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device, which uses a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material.

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Real Irish Republican Army

The Real Irish Republican Army or Real IRA (RIRA), also called the New IRA (NIRA) since 2012, is a dissident Irish republican paramilitary organisation which aims to bring about a united Ireland.

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Red Hand Defenders

The Red Hand Defenders (RHD) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.

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Rocket launcher

A rocket launcher is any device that launches a rocket-propelled projectile, although the term is often used in reference to mechanisms that are portable and capable of being operated by an individual.

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RUC Special Branch

RUC Special Branch was the Special Branch of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and was heavily involved in the British state effort during the Troubles, especially against the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

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Shoukri brothers

The Shoukri brothers are a pair of Northern Irish loyalist paramilitaries.

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Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin (isbn) is a left-wing Irish republican political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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St Andrews Agreement

The St Andrews Agreement (Comhaontú Chill Rímhinn; Ulster Scots: St Andra's 'Greement, St Andrew's Greeance or St Andrae's Greeance) was an agreement between the British and Irish governments and Northern Ireland's political parties in relation to the devolution of power in the region.

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Sunday Life (newspaper)

The Sunday Life is a tabloid newspaper in Northern Ireland and has been published since 23 October 1988.

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Timeline of Ulster Defence Association actions

This is a timeline of actions by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group formed in 1971.

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Ulster Defence Association

The Ulster Defence Association (abbreviated UDA) is the largest Ulster loyalist paramilitary and vigilante group in Northern Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Ulster_Freedom_Fighters

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