Old IRA

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Irish Republican Army revolutionary paramilitary organisation

The Old IRA was the original Irish Republican Army that fought in the Irish War of Independence to end British rule and establish an independent Irish republic.

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Old IRA canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish Republican Army ⓘ
revolutionary paramilitary organisation ⓘ
activeInConflict Irish War of Independence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ
associatedWith Dáil Éireann ⓘ
Sinn Féin ⓘ
claimedLoyaltyTo First Dáil ⓘ
Irish Republic proclaimed in 1916 ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
disbandedOrTransformed early 1920s after Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
formedFrom Irish Volunteers ⓘ
surface form: Irish Volunteers (Óglaigh na hÉireann)
goal establish an independent Irish republic ⓘ
hasPart Irish Volunteers ⓘ
ideology Irish nationalism ⓘ
Irish republicanism ⓘ
languageOfName Irish ⓘ
nativeName Óglaigh na hÉireann ⓘ
notableCommander Michael Collins ⓘ
Richard Mulcahy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent Crossbarry Ambush ⓘ
surface form: Crossbarry ambush

Kilmichael Ambush ⓘ
surface form: Kilmichael ambush

Soloheadbeg ambush ⓘ
notableMember Cathal Brugha ⓘ
Dan Breen ⓘ
Tom Barry NERFINISHED ⓘ
Éamon de Valera ⓘ
operationalArea Connacht ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
Munster ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ
island of Ireland ⓘ
opposedBy Auxiliary Division ⓘ
Black and Tans ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ
opposedTo British rule in Ireland ⓘ
partOf Irish revolutionary period ⓘ
precededBy Irish Volunteers ⓘ
recognizedBy Dáil Éireann as legitimate army of the Irish Republic ⓘ
resultOfConflict Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
establishment of the Irish Free State ⓘ
succeededBy National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
supportedBy Irish republican movement ⓘ
sections of the Irish population ⓘ
timePeriod 1919–1921 ⓘ
usedTactics ambushes ⓘ
assassinations ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ

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Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) → alsoKnownAs → Old IRA ⓘ