Bloody Sunday (1920)

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historical event massacre war crime

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bloody Sunday (1920) in Dublin	2
Bloody Sunday (21 November 1920)	1
Bloody Sunday in Dublin	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bloody Sunday (1920) ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ 14 civilians at Croke Park ⓘ 3 prisoners killed at Dublin Castle ⓘ over 30 ⓘ
organizer	Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ surface form: Irish Republican Army Intelligence Michael Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ Irish Civil War ⓘ
relatedTo	Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
result	escalation of Irish War of Independence ⓘ 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 ⓘ Cairo Gang ⓘ Gaelic football players ⓘ spectators at Croke Park ⓘ
typeOfAttack	assassination ⓘ mass shooting ⓘ
venue	Croke Park ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Bloody Sunday (1920) → alsoKnownAs → Bloody Sunday (1920) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday in Dublin

Irish War of Independence → keyEvent → Bloody Sunday (1920) ⓘ

Kilmichael Ambush → relatedEvent → Bloody Sunday (1920) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday (1920) in Dublin

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

this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday (1920) in Dublin

Tan War → significantEvent → Bloody Sunday (1920) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bloody Sunday (21 November 1920)