PIRA
Proper noun
Meaning
PIRA
Initialism of Provisional IRA.
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After another exhausting shift at Madrid’s Ramón y Cajal hospital, nurse Corin Pira finally allowed herself to cry — in the shower.
As Manrico sings his battle cry in "Di quella pira", the performance is interrupted by the answering cries of Italian nationalists in the upper balcony who shower the stalls area below with patriotic leaflets.
In 1972, at age 18, Sands joined the Provisional IRA (PIRA) and soon rose within its ranks, although with a largely poetic and peaceful take on The Troubles.
When news of Azucena’s capture reaches him, he summons his men and desperately prepares to attack (Stretta: Di quella pira l'orrendo foco / "The horrid flames of that pyre").