IRA

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The IRA (Irish Republican Army) is a paramilitary organization that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unify Ireland, known for its armed campaign including bombings and other attacks during the Troubles.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
IRA canonical 6
New IRA 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican organization ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
activeIn Great Britain ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Republic of Ireland ⓘ
announcedEndOfArmedCampaign 2005 ⓘ
conflict Northern Ireland conflict ⓘ
linked to: The Troubles

The Troubles ⓘ
consideredTerroristOrganizationBy European Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
declaredCeasefire 1994 ⓘ
1997 ⓘ
decommissionedWeapons 2005 ⓘ
goal end British rule in Northern Ireland ⓘ
unification of Ireland ⓘ
ideology Irish nationalism ⓘ
Irish republicanism ⓘ
anti-imperialism ⓘ
notableEvent Bloody Friday bombings in Belfast in 1972 ⓘ
Brighton hotel bombing in 1984 ⓘ
Docklands bombing in London in 1996 ⓘ
notablePeriodOfActivity 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
opposedBy British Army ⓘ
Royal Ulster Constabulary ⓘ
loyalist paramilitary groups ⓘ
opposedTo British rule in Northern Ireland ⓘ
originatedFrom Irish Volunteers ⓘ
politicalWing Sinn Féin ⓘ
precededBy Irish Republican Brotherhood ⓘ
Irish Volunteers ⓘ
religiousBackgroundMajority Catholic ⓘ
resumedCampaign 1996 ⓘ
supportedAgreement Good Friday Agreement ⓘ
usedTactic armed robbery ⓘ
assassinations ⓘ
bombings ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
kidnappings ⓘ
shootings ⓘ
usedWeaponType car bombs ⓘ
firearms ⓘ
improvised explosive devices ⓘ
mortars ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Docklands bombing → perpetratorAbbreviation → IRA ⓘ
Real Irish Republican Army → inspiredFormationOf → New IRA ⓘ
linked to: IRA
Harold Shand → facesConflictWith → IRA ⓘ
Carney family → linkedTo → IRA ⓘ