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Vengeful spirits certainly associated with Hibernia (7)

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I believe the answer is:

erinyes

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'vengeful spirits' is the definition.
The definition suggests a plural noun which matches the answer.

'certainly associated with hibernia' is the wordplay.
'certainly' becomes 'yes' (both can be used to answer in the affirmative).
'associated with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hibernia' becomes 'erin' (I've seen this in another clue).
'yes' put after 'erin' is 'ERINYES'.

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(Other definitions for erinyes that I've seen before include "Fury repeatedly" , "Snake-haired creatures" , "Monsters" , "Furies (Greek myth)" , "Snake-haired goddesses" .)

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