Official IRA (historically)

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The Official IRA was a Marxist-oriented Irish republican paramilitary organization that emerged from a split in the IRA in 1969 and later moved away from armed struggle toward political activity through what became the Workers' Party of Ireland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Official IRA 6
Official IRA (historically) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican organisation ⓘ
Irish republican paramilitary organisation ⓘ
Marxist organisation ⓘ
activeIn Northern Ireland ⓘ
Republic of Ireland ⓘ
alignedWith Soviet-style communism ⓘ
announcedCeasefire May 1972 ⓘ
armedCampaignPeriod late 1960s to early 1970s ⓘ
armedWingOf Official Sinn Féin ⓘ
associatedWith Official republican movement in Ireland ⓘ
ceasedFire 1972 ⓘ
conflict The Troubles ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
founded 1969 ⓘ
historicalContext emerged at the beginning of the Troubles in Northern Ireland ⓘ
ideology Irish republicanism ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
inConflictWith British Army ⓘ
Provisional IRA ⓘ
Royal Ulster Constabulary ⓘ
influencedCreationOf Workers' Party of Ireland ⓘ
linkedTo trade union activism in Ireland ⓘ
notableLeader Cathal Goulding ⓘ
Seán Garland ⓘ
Tomás Mac Giolla ⓘ
opposedTo British rule in Northern Ireland ⓘ
originatedFrom split in the Irish Republican Army in 1969 ⓘ
otherName Official Irish Republican Army ⓘ
the Officials ⓘ
partOf Official republican movement ⓘ
politicalSuccessor Workers' Party of Ireland ⓘ
politicalWing Official Sinn Féin ⓘ
positionOnArmedStruggle declared end to offensive operations in 1972 ⓘ
positionOnNationalQuestion favoured class politics and socialism over purely nationalist aims ⓘ
positionOnReligion generally secular and leftist ⓘ
rejected Provisional IRA's emphasis on armed struggle ⓘ
separatedFrom Irish Republican Army ⓘ
status largely inactive militarily after mid-1970s ⓘ
strategyShift from armed struggle to political activity ⓘ
supported parliamentary political activity through its political wing ⓘ
supportedBy some communist and left-wing groups ⓘ
usedTactics bombings ⓘ
shootings ⓘ
targeted assassinations ⓘ
viewedAs more left-wing than the Provisional IRA ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Workers' Party of Ireland → associatedWith → Official IRA (historically) ⓘ
Official Sinn Féin → associatedWith → Official IRA ⓘ
linked to: Official IRA (historically)
Official Sinn Féin → hadWing → Official IRA ⓘ
linked to: Official IRA (historically)
Stickies → appliesTo → Official IRA ⓘ
linked to: Official IRA (historically)
Stickies → alsoKnownAs → Official IRA ⓘ
linked to: Official IRA (historically)
Seán Garland → memberOf → Official IRA ⓘ
linked to: Official IRA (historically)
Cathal Goulding → memberOf → Official IRA ⓘ
linked to: Official IRA (historically)