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Specialised market for Northern Irish revolutionary (5)

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I believe the answer is:

niche

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'specialised market' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'northern irish revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'northern' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters go up or 'north').
'irish' becomes 'in' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'revolutionary' becomes 'Che' (Che Guevara).
'in' reversed gives 'ni'.
'ni'+'che'='NICHE'

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(Other definitions for niche that I've seen before include "Position well suited to the occupier" , "Recess; comfy corner" , "somewhere comfortable" , "Specialised corner of the market" , "Chine (anag) - suitable place in life" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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