Bloody Sunday (1920)
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Bloody Sunday (1920) was a pivotal day of violence in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence, marked by coordinated IRA assassinations of British intelligence agents and a deadly reprisal by British forces at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bloody Sunday (1920) in Dublin | 4 |
| Bloody Sunday (1920) canonical | 3 |
| Bloody Sunday (1920 Dublin) | 1 |
| Bloody Sunday (21 November 1920) | 1 |
| Bloody Sunday 1920 | 1 |
| Bloody Sunday in Dublin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T743396 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Bloody Sunday (1920) Context triple: [Irish War of Independence, keyEvent, Bloody Sunday (1920)]
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Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was a 1972 incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters, becoming one of the most infamous and galvanizing events of the Troubles.
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Bloody Sunday (1905)
Bloody Sunday (1905) was a pivotal massacre in St. Petersburg, where peaceful demonstrators were shot by imperial troops, sparking widespread unrest and helping to ignite the Russian Revolution of 1905.
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Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965)
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) was a pivotal civil rights protest in which peaceful marchers advocating for voting rights were brutally attacked by law enforcement on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, galvanizing national support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Easter Rising
The Easter Rising was a 1916 armed insurrection in Ireland aimed at ending British rule and establishing an independent Irish Republic, which became a pivotal event in the struggle for Irish independence.
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E.
Kingsmill massacre
The Kingsmill massacre was a 1976 sectarian attack in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in which gunmen stopped a minibus and murdered ten Protestant workmen during the height of the Troubles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bloody Sunday (1920) Target entity description: Bloody Sunday (1920) was a pivotal day of violence in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence, marked by coordinated IRA assassinations of British intelligence agents and a deadly reprisal by British forces at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park.
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A.
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was a 1972 incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters, becoming one of the most infamous and galvanizing events of the Troubles.
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B.
Bloody Sunday (1905)
Bloody Sunday (1905) was a pivotal massacre in St. Petersburg, where peaceful demonstrators were shot by imperial troops, sparking widespread unrest and helping to ignite the Russian Revolution of 1905.
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C.
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965)
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) was a pivotal civil rights protest in which peaceful marchers advocating for voting rights were brutally attacked by law enforcement on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, galvanizing national support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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D.
Easter Rising
The Easter Rising was a 1916 armed insurrection in Ireland aimed at ending British rule and establishing an independent Irish Republic, which became a pivotal event in the struggle for Irish independence.
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E.
Kingsmill massacre
The Kingsmill massacre was a 1976 sectarian attack in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in which gunmen stopped a minibus and murdered ten Protestant workmen during the height of the Troubles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bloody Sunday (1920)
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surface form:
Bloody Sunday in Dublin
|
| awayTeam | Tipperary GAA ⓘ |
| chronology | occurred before the Truce of July 1921 ⓘ |
| city | Dublin ⓘ |
| commemoratedAt | Croke Park memorials ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | annual GAA commemorations ⓘ |
| conflict | Irish War of Independence ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| date | 1920-11-21 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Croke Park shootings
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killings at Dublin Castle ⓘ morning assassinations of British intelligence personnel ⓘ |
| homeTeam |
Leinster Council of the GAA
ⓘ
surface form:
Dublin GAA
|
| location |
Dublin
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ |
| motive |
disruption of British intelligence operations in Ireland
ⓘ
reprisal for IRA assassinations ⓘ |
| numberOfDeaths |
14 British intelligence and security personnel in morning assassinations
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14 civilians at Croke Park ⓘ 3 prisoners killed at Dublin Castle ⓘ over 30 ⓘ |
| organizer |
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
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surface form:
Irish Republican Army Intelligence
Michael Collins ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish revolutionary period ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Auxiliary Division
ⓘ
Black and Tans ⓘ British Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form:
British forces
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Republican Army
Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Easter Rising
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Irish Civil War ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anglo-Irish Treaty
ⓘ
Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ |
| result |
escalation of Irish War of Independence
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increased support for Irish independence ⓘ international condemnation of British policy in Ireland ⓘ |
| significance | turning point in Irish War of Independence ⓘ |
| sportContext | Gaelic football ⓘ |
| target |
British intelligence officers
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Cairo Gang ⓘ Gaelic football players ⓘ spectators at Croke Park ⓘ |
| typeOfAttack |
assassination
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mass shooting ⓘ |
| venue | Croke Park ⓘ |
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Subject: Bloody Sunday (1920) Description of subject: Bloody Sunday (1920) was a pivotal day of violence in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence, marked by coordinated IRA assassinations of British intelligence agents and a deadly reprisal by British forces at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park.
Referenced by (11)
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