Soloheadbeg

E407191

armed attack historical event townland

Soloheadbeg is a townland in County Tipperary, Ireland, best known as the site of the Soloheadbeg ambush that marked the beginning of the Irish War of Independence in 1919.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Soloheadbeg canonical	2
Solohead	1

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed attack ⓘ historical event ⓘ townland ⓘ
administrativeDivision	civil parish of Relickmurry and Athassel ⓘ
belligerent	Irish Volunteers ⓘ Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ
casualties	2 RIC constables killed ⓘ
commander	Dan Breen ⓘ Seán Hogan NERFINISHED ⓘ Seán Treacy ⓘ Séumas Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Irish War of Independence ⓘ
country	Ireland ⓘ
date	1919-01-21 ⓘ
hasEvent	Soloheadbeg ambush ⓘ
hasHeritage	commemorative monument to Soloheadbeg ambush ⓘ
historicalSignificance	site of first major engagement of the Irish War of Independence ⓘ
knownFor	Soloheadbeg ambush ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
locatedIn	County Tipperary ⓘ Munster ⓘ Soloheadbeg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
locatedNear	Tipperary town ⓘ
regionType	rural area ⓘ
result	Irish Volunteers victory ⓘ
significance	often regarded as the beginning of the Irish War of Independence ⓘ
startEvent	Soloheadbeg ambush ⓘ
target	gelignite consignment ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Soloheadbeg ambush → place → Soloheadbeg ⓘ

County Tipperary → containsVillage → Soloheadbeg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solohead

Soloheadbeg → locatedIn → Soloheadbeg self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Soloheadbeg ambush