Official republican movement

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The Official republican movement was a Marxist-oriented Irish republican political and paramilitary current that emerged from the 1969–70 split in the IRA and Sinn Féin, later evolving mainly into the Workers' Party.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican movement
Marxist political movement
paramilitary organisation
activeIn Northern Ireland
Ireland
surface form: Republic of Ireland
alsoKnownAs Officials
Stickies
ceasedArmedCampaign mid-1970s
country Ireland
distinguishedFrom Provisional Irish Republican Army
surface form: Provisional IRA

Sinn Féin
surface form: Provisional Sinn Féin
emergedFrom split in Sinn Féin
split in the Irish Republican Army
evolvedInto Workers' Party
surface form: The Workers' Party
factionOf Irish Republican Army NERFINISHED
Sinn Féin
goal end of British rule in Northern Ireland
establishment of a socialist republic in Ireland
hasPart Official Irish Republican Army
surface form: Official IRA

Official Sinn Féin
Workers' Party
surface form: The Workers' Party
ideology Irish republicanism
Marxism
socialism
influenced Irish left-wing politics
influencedBy Marxism–Leninism
communism
language English
Irish
militaryWing Official Irish Republican Army
surface form: Official IRA
notableLeader Cathal Goulding
Seán Garland
Tomás Mac Giolla
opposedTo Provisional republican movement
partOf Irish republican movement
politicalSuccessor Democratic Left
politicalWing Official Sinn Féin
Workers' Party
surface form: The Workers' Party
position left-wing
startTime 1969
1970
timePeriod The Troubles NERFINISHED

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

Official Irish Republican Army partOf Official republican movement