give me an example where the IRA deliberately targeted civilians in an effort to simply kill civilians,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_IRA

"IRA was responsible for the deaths of 1,706 people... This figure represents 48.4 percent of the total fatalities in the conflict. 497 of the casualties were civilians, 638 of the casulaties were from the British army"

http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/violence/chronmaj.htm

This here is a list of major violent acts during some 30 years of struggle. It lists quite a few killings by many organisations, including the IRA. Plantings bombs in hotels, restaurants or in the middle of a street is what I'd consider the targeting of civilian targets.

I merely stated what I could have said if i stooped as low as you in your 'you support terrorists' statement.
I don't have links to virtual memorials for members of a terrorist organisation in my signature.

Terrorist & Guerrilla Warfare stretch way beyond the spheres of Freedom Fighting alone.
I didn't say it didn't. However, the fact remains 'terrorism' stands for the targeting of civilians, while 'guerilla' stands for the targeting of military targets, both by un-governed organisations\forces. This is all there is to it, really.

The IRA fights for the freedom of Northern Ireland from the British occupation. This is fine. However, the IRA's methods are not legitimate (or were not legitimate, since it's no longer active, hopefully). Had it only killed British soldiers, even by the thousands, it'd be fine and legitimate, since they are soldiers and death is part of their work. Civilians shouldn't die because of politics.