Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)

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guerrilla organization paramilitary organization rebel army

The Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) was the guerrilla military organization of Irish republicans that fought British rule in Ireland and sought to establish an independent Irish republic during the early 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Irish Republican Army	6
Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army	2
1st Southern Division, Irish Republican Army	1
Cork No. 2 Brigade, Irish Republican Army	1
Guerrilla campaign of the Irish Republican Army	1
Irish Republican Army (IRA)	1
Irish Republican Army (provisional government forces)	1
Irish Republican Army Dublin Brigade leadership	1
Irish Republican Army Intelligence	1
Irish Republican Army West Cork Brigade	1
Irish Volunteers	1
West Cork Flying Column	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	guerrilla organization ⓘ paramilitary organization ⓘ rebel army ⓘ
allegiance	Irish Republic ⓘ surface form: Irish Republic (proclaimed 1919)
alsoKnownAs	Old IRA ⓘ
conflict	Irish War of Independence ⓘ
country	Ireland ⓘ
endTime	1922 ⓘ
fundedBy	Irish diaspora donations ⓘ
goal	establishment of an independent Irish republic ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Dublin ⓘ
ideology	Irish republicanism ⓘ
inspiredBy	Easter Rising ⓘ surface form: 1916 Easter Rising
languageOfCommunication	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
legalStatus	illegal organization under British law ⓘ
mergedInto	National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
militaryBranchOf	Dáil Éireann ⓘ
notableCommander	Cathal Brugha ⓘ Liam Lynch ⓘ Michael Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Mulcahy ⓘ Tom Barry ⓘ Éamon de Valera ⓘ
opponent	Auxiliary Division ⓘ Black and Tans ⓘ British Army ⓘ Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ
opposedTo	British rule in Ireland ⓘ
organizedInto	brigades ⓘ divisions ⓘ
partOf	Irish War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Irish revolutionary period
precededBy	Irish Volunteers ⓘ
recognizedBy	Dáil Éireann as national army ⓘ
recruitedFrom	Irish Citizen Army members ⓘ Irish Volunteers ⓘ
relatedTo	Irish Civil War ⓘ
significantEvent	Bloody Sunday (1920) ⓘ surface form: Bloody Sunday (1920) in Dublin Crossbarry Ambush ⓘ surface form: Crossbarry ambush Kilmichael Ambush ⓘ surface form: Kilmichael ambush Soloheadbeg ambush ⓘ
splitResult	anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
startTime	1919 ⓘ
supportedBy	Irish republican movement ⓘ Irish American ⓘ surface form: Irish-American organizations
usedTactic	ambushes ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ intelligence operations ⓘ sabotage ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Kilmichael Ambush → associatedWith → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Cork Flying Column

Irish War of Independence → belligerent → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

Truce of 11 July 1921 → belligerent → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

pre-1969 Irish Republican Army → claimedContinuityFrom → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

Kilmichael Ambush → combatant1 → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army West Cork Brigade

Liam Lynch → commanded → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cork No. 2 Brigade, Irish Republican Army

Liam Lynch → commanded → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1st Southern Division, Irish Republican Army

Custom House attack → commandedBy → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army Dublin Brigade leadership

National Army of the Irish Free State → formedFrom → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army (provisional government forces)

Pro-Treaty forces → formedFrom → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

Pro-Treaty forces → formedFrom → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

Tan War → mainBelligerent → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army (IRA)

The Wind That Shakes the Barley → mainSubject → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

Cathal Brugha → memberOf → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

Michael Collins → memberOf → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Volunteers

Michael Collins → memberOf → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

Frank Aiken → militaryRank → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army

Bloody Sunday (1920) → organizer → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army Intelligence

Bloody Sunday (1920) → perpetrator → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

Seán MacBride → positionHeld → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army

Pro-Treaty forces → precededBy → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

Truce of 11 July 1921 → precededBy → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guerrilla campaign of the Irish Republican Army

pre-1969 Irish Republican Army → precededBy → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ