Croke Park shootings

E406334

historical event massacre shooting incident

The Croke Park shootings were a 1920 massacre in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence, when British forces opened fire on spectators at a Gaelic football match, killing and wounding numerous civilians.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Croke Park massacre	4
Croke Park shootings canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ massacre ⓘ shooting incident ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Croke Park shootings ⓘ surface form: Croke Park massacre
awayTeam	Tipperary GAA ⓘ surface form: Tipperary GAA football team
causeStatedByPerpetrators	search for IRA gunmen ⓘ
commemoratedBy	annual memorial events at Croke Park ⓘ
conflict	Irish War of Independence ⓘ
country	Ireland ⓘ
date	1920-11-21 ⓘ
dayOfWeek	Sunday ⓘ
eventDuring	Gaelic football match ⓘ
fatalities	1 player ⓘ 14 civilians ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
hasLocation	Croke Park ⓘ Dublin ⓘ Ireland ⓘ
hasPart	killing of civilians ⓘ shooting of spectators ⓘ wounding of civilians ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
homeTeam	Dublin GAA ⓘ surface form: Dublin GAA football team
immediateContext	reprisal for assassinations of British intelligence officers in Dublin ⓘ
locationType	sports stadium ⓘ
matchType	challenge match ⓘ
memorial	Croke Park ⓘ surface form: Hogan Stand at Croke Park
namedAfterVictim	Michael Hogan ⓘ
notableVictim	Michael Hogan ⓘ
notableVictimOccupation	Tipperary Gaelic footballer ⓘ
partOf	Bloody Sunday (1920) ⓘ
perpetrator	Auxiliary Division ⓘ Black and Tans ⓘ British forces ⓘ Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ
province	Leinster ⓘ
region	British Isles ⓘ
result	increased Irish nationalist anger ⓘ international condemnation of British actions in Ireland ⓘ
sameDayAs	Bloody Sunday (1920) ⓘ surface form: Bloody Sunday (1920) in Dublin
sport	Gaelic football ⓘ
target	Gaelic football supporters ⓘ players and officials ⓘ spectators ⓘ
wounded	dozens of civilians ⓘ
year	1920 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Bloody Sunday (1920) → hasPart → Croke Park shootings ⓘ

Croke Park shootings → alsoKnownAs → Croke Park shootings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Croke Park massacre

Auxiliary Division → involvedInEvent → Croke Park shootings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Croke Park massacre

Sack of Balbriggan → relatedEvent → Croke Park shootings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Croke Park massacre

Burning of Cork → relatedTo → Croke Park shootings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Croke Park massacre