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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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Irish Republican Army	13
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) canonical	9
Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army	2
Irish Republican Army (anti-Treaty)	2
West Cork Flying Column	2
1st Southern Division, Irish Republican Army	1
Cork No. 1 Brigade, Irish Republican Army	1
Cork No. 2 Brigade, Irish Republican Army	1
Dublin Brigade (IRA)	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
pre-Treaty Irish Republican Army	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 ⓘ 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 (40)

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

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

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

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

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) ⓘ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army West Cork Brigade

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

this entity surface form: West Cork Flying Column

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

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

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

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

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

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

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

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

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

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army Intelligence

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

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army (IRA)

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

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army Dublin Brigade leadership

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

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

Richard Mulcahy → servedIn → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

Richard Mulcahy (as party leader influence, historically associated) → militaryBranch → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard Mulcahy

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

Tomás Mac Curtain → memberOf → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

Tomás Mac Curtain → commanded → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cork No. 1 Brigade, Irish Republican Army

National Army → precededBy → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

subject surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)

National Army → primaryOpponent → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

subject surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army (anti-Treaty)

pro-Treaty IRA → precededBy → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

Battle of Cork (1922) → hasParticipant → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army (anti-Treaty)

Irish Volunteers → successor → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

Tom Barry → militaryUnitCommanded → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Cork Flying Column

Irregulars → precededBy → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: pre-Treaty Irish Republican Army

Ernie O'Malley → militaryBranch → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

Kilmichael, County Cork, Ireland → belligerent → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

subject surface form: Kilmichael Ambush

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

Crossbarry Ambush → belligerent → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army

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

this entity surface form: Dublin Brigade (IRA)

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

Burning of Cork → opponent → Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army