Noraid

/ ˈnɔːrˌeɪd /

noun

1. an American organization that supports the Republicans in Northern Ireland

Example Sentences

Her uncle, Paul Doris, has been president of Noraid, a republican fundraising group.

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Her uncle, Paul Doris, was president of Noraid, a republican fundraising group.

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In the 1970s and 80s, Noraid and other US-based republican front groups provided cash and encouragement to a brutal campaign that made Sinn Féin toxic to Irish voters.

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In the 1980s, King was closely linked to the nationalist fundraising group Noraid and famously proclaimed: “If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the IRA for it.”

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King himself had close links to Noraid and often spoke at the group's protests in the 1980s.

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