Official IRA (historically)
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The Official IRA was a Marxist-oriented Irish republican paramilitary organization that emerged from a split in the IRA in 1969 and later moved away from armed struggle toward political activity through what became the Workers' Party of Ireland.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Official IRA | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish republican organisation
ⓘ
Irish republican paramilitary organisation ⓘ Marxist organisation ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Northern Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alignedWith | Soviet-style communism ⓘ |
| announcedCeasefire | May 1972 ⓘ |
| armedCampaignPeriod | late 1960s to early 1970s ⓘ |
| armedWingOf | Official Sinn Féin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Official republican movement in Ireland ⓘ |
| ceasedFire | 1972 ⓘ |
| conflict | The Troubles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | 1969 ⓘ |
| historicalContext | emerged at the beginning of the Troubles in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| ideology |
Irish republicanism
ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| inConflictWith |
British Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Provisional IRA NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Ulster Constabulary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedCreationOf | Workers' Party of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linkedTo | trade union activism in Ireland ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Cathal Goulding
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seán Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomás Mac Giolla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo | British rule in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | split in the Irish Republican Army in 1969 ⓘ |
| otherName |
Official Irish Republican Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the Officials NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Official republican movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSuccessor | Workers' Party of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalWing | Official Sinn Féin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionOnArmedStruggle | declared end to offensive operations in 1972 ⓘ |
| positionOnNationalQuestion | favoured class politics and socialism over purely nationalist aims ⓘ |
| positionOnReligion | generally secular and leftist ⓘ |
| rejected | Provisional IRA's emphasis on armed struggle ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Irish Republican Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | largely inactive militarily after mid-1970s ⓘ |
| strategyShift | from armed struggle to political activity ⓘ |
| supported | parliamentary political activity through its political wing ⓘ |
| supportedBy | some communist and left-wing groups ⓘ |
| usedTactics |
bombings
ⓘ
shootings ⓘ targeted assassinations ⓘ |
| viewedAs | more left-wing than the Provisional IRA ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.