Loyalist Volunteer Force - a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace

Association of Orangemen, Orange Order - a Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland

Orange Group, OV - a terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland

Red Hand Defenders, RHD - a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Free State; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder

UDA, Ulster Defense Association - the major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland; responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling drugs

European country, European nation - countries occupying the European continent

Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

Great Britain, UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Britain, GB - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland

Bangor - a town in southeastern Northern Ireland

Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland - capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland

Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles