1983 in the Irish Republican Army
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See also: 1982 in the Irish Republican Army, other events of 1983, 1984 in the Irish Republican Army and the list of 'years in the Irish Republican Army'.
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- July 3 - The home of Gerry Fitt, a former Social Democratic and Labour Party Member of Parliament, is fire-bombed by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army in West Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- September 25 - Thirty-eight members of the Provisional IRA escape in a mass jailbreak from Maze prison in Belfast, Northern Ireland, resulting in the death of a prison guard and several others injured.
- November 20 - Three church elders are shot to death outside Darkley, Northern Ireland, later suspected by authorities to suspect the involvement of members belonging to the Irish National Liberation Army.
- December 7 - Edgar Graham, (Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician and academic, was shot and killed at Queen's University, Belfast by a member of the Provisional IRA, allegedly for his involvement in the prison and police services.
- December 17 - A Provisional IRA car bomb kills six and injures over 90 people outside Harrods department store in London, England.
