Irish Volunteers

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Irish nationalist paramilitary organization militia

The Irish Volunteers were a nationalist paramilitary organization founded in 1913 that played a central role in the struggle for Irish independence, including the 1916 Easter Rising and the subsequent War of Independence.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Irish Volunteers canonical	39
Irish Republican Army (predecessor Irish Volunteers)	1
Irish Volunteers (Óglaigh na hÉireann)	1
Irish Volunteers in County Galway during the Easter Rising	1
Irish Volunteers movement	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish nationalist paramilitary organization ⓘ militia ⓘ
activeDuring	Easter Rising ⓘ Irish War of Independence ⓘ World War I era ⓘ
armedBy	Howth gun-running ⓘ Kilcoole gun-running ⓘ
associatedOrganization	Ancient Order of Hibernians ⓘ Conradh na Gaeilge ⓘ surface form: Gaelic League Irish Citizen Army ⓘ Irish Republican Army ⓘ Irish Republican Brotherhood ⓘ Sinn Féin ⓘ
country	Ireland ⓘ
dissolved	early 1920s ⓘ
experiencedSplit	1914 Redmondite split ⓘ
founded	1913 ⓘ
foundedIn	Dublin ⓘ
ideology	Irish nationalism ⓘ republicanism ⓘ
inspiredBy	Ulster Volunteer Force ⓘ surface form: Ulster Volunteers
language	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
mergedInto	Irish Republican Army ⓘ
motto	For Ireland ⓘ
notableLeader	Bulmer Hobson ⓘ Eoin MacNeill ⓘ Joseph Plunkett ⓘ Michael Collins ⓘ Patrick Pearse ⓘ Seán Mac Diarmada ⓘ The O'Rahilly ⓘ Thomas MacDonagh ⓘ Éamon de Valera ⓘ
opposedBy	British Army in Ireland ⓘ UK government ⓘ surface form: British government British administration in Ireland ⓘ surface form: Dublin Castle administration Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ
opposedTo	Home Rule opposition by Ulster unionists ⓘ
organizedBy	Irish nationalist leaders ⓘ
politicalGoal	end of British rule in Ireland ⓘ independent Irish Republic ⓘ
purpose	to secure and maintain the rights and liberties common to the people of Ireland ⓘ
splitFrom	National Volunteers ⓘ
successor	Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ
supportedBy	Irish Republican Brotherhood ⓘ
tookPartIn	Easter Rising ⓘ surface form: 1916 Easter Rising Guerrilla campaign against British forces in Ireland ⓘ Irish War of Independence ⓘ Soloheadbeg ambush ⓘ
usedTactic	ambushes ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ sabotage ⓘ
usedWeapon	Mauser ⓘ surface form: Mauser rifles

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liam Lynch → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Soloheadbeg ambush → perpetrator → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Soloheadbeg ambush → belligerent → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Cathal Brugha → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Tan War → hasParticipant → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) → precededBy → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) → recruitedFrom → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Easter Rising → belligerent → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Irish Republic → militaryArm → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Irish Home Rule movement → associatedWith → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Irish Republican Army → originatedFrom → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Green harp flag → associatedWith → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

subject surface form: Green Harp Flag

Richard Mulcahy → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Richard Mulcahy → servedIn → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Irish Republican Brotherhood → influenced → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Richard Mulcahy (as party leader influence, historically associated) → militaryBranch → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard Mulcahy

Patrick Pearse → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Stonebreakers’ Yard → associatedWithOrganization → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Joseph Plunkett → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Tomás Mac Curtain → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Thomas Clarke → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Liam Mellows → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Liam Mellows → commanded → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Volunteers in County Galway during the Easter Rising

John MacBride → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

John MacBride → associatedWith → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Austin Stack → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Soloheadbeg → belligerent → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

subject surface form: Soloheadbeg ambush

3rd Tipperary Brigade → militaryBranch → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Seán Treacy → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Charles William St John Burgess → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

subject surface form: Cathal Brugha

Constable Patrick O’Connell → killedBy → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Constable Patrick O’Connell → opponent → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army (predecessor Irish Volunteers)

Irish Citizen Army → alliedWith → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Dan Breen → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Old IRA → hasPart → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Old IRA → precededBy → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Old IRA → formedFrom → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Volunteers (Óglaigh na hÉireann)

British administration in Ireland → opposedBy → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Seán Hogan → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Cumann na mBan → partOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Volunteers movement

Cumann na mBan → affiliatedWith → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Séumas Robinson → militaryBranch → Irish Volunteers ⓘ

Seán Mac Diarmada → memberOf → Irish Volunteers ⓘ