Irish Republic

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Irish nationalist polity revolutionary state unrecognized state

The Irish Republic was the revolutionary state proclaimed by Irish nationalists in 1916 and reaffirmed in 1919, which sought full independence from British rule and served as the political authority of the independence movement during the Irish War of Independence.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Irish Republic (1919–1922) 1
Irish Republic (proclaimed 1919) 1
Irish Republic (revolutionary government) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish nationalist polity ⓘ
revolutionary state ⓘ
unrecognized state ⓘ
aim full independence from British rule ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Irish Republic ⓘ
surface form: Irish Republic (1919–1922)

Irish Republic (revolutionary state) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Irish Republic ⓘ
surface form: Poblacht na hÉireann
capital Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ
claimedTerritory entire island of Ireland ⓘ
coreIdeology Irish republicanism ⓘ
country Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
declaredInDocument Declaration of Independence (First Dáil) ⓘ
Proclamation of the Irish Republic ⓘ
deFactoControl parts of southern and western Ireland ⓘ
executiveBody Ministry of Dáil Éireann ⓘ
existedDuringConflict Anglo-Irish War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Irish War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstHeadOfGovernment Éamon de Valera ⓘ
firstHeadOfState Éamon de Valera NERFINISHED ⓘ
foreignRelationsBody Dáil Éireann diplomatic service ⓘ
governmentType revolutionary republican government ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of Dáil Éireann ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic ⓘ
keyEvent London peace talks of 1921 ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations

Easter Rising NERFINISHED ⓘ
First Dáil meeting ⓘ
ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
keyLeader Arthur Griffith ⓘ
Cathal Brugha ⓘ
Constance Markievicz ⓘ
surface form: Countess Markievicz

Michael Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Éamon de Valera NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem Dáil Courts ⓘ
legislativeBody Dáil Éireann NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryArm Irish Republican Army (IRA) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Irish Volunteers ⓘ
notRecognizedBy United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
most foreign governments ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
period 1916–1922 (as a revolutionary claim) ⓘ
policingBody Irish Republican Police ⓘ
precededBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (in Irish territory) NERFINISHED ⓘ
proclaimedBy Irish nationalists ⓘ
proclaimedDuring Easter Rising ⓘ
proclaimedOn 1916-04-24 ⓘ
reaffirmedBy Dáil Éireann ⓘ
surface form: First Dáil
reaffirmedOn 1919-01-21 ⓘ
recognizedBy Soviet Russia (de facto contacts and recognition of republicans) ⓘ
roleInHistory political authority of the Irish independence movement during the Irish War of Independence ⓘ
soughtIndependenceFrom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
treatyLeadingToSuccession Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

this entity surface form: Irish Republic (proclaimed 1919)
Irish Republic → alsoKnownAs → Irish Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Republic (1919–1922)
Irish Republic → alsoKnownAs → Irish Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Poblacht na hÉireann
Irish War of Independence → belligerent → Irish Republic ⓘ
Truce of 11 July 1921 → belligerent → Irish Republic ⓘ
Anglo-Irish Treaty → countrySignatory → Irish Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Republic (revolutionary government)
Tan War → mainBelligerent → Irish Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Republic (self-declared)