The Border Campaign

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The Border Campaign was a 1956–57 Irish Republican Army guerrilla operation aimed at ending British rule in Northern Ireland by attacking targets along the border.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Border Campaign 3
The Border Campaign canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish Republican Army campaign ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
guerrilla campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs IRA Border Campaign ⓘ
Operation Harvest ⓘ
belligerent British Army ⓘ
Irish Republican Army ⓘ
Royal Ulster Constabulary ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties dozens of people killed and injured ⓘ
conflict The Troubles precursor conflicts ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
endDate 1962-02-26 ⓘ
followedBy Official IRA campaign ⓘ
Provisional IRA campaign ⓘ
goal achieve Irish reunification ⓘ
end British rule in Northern Ireland ⓘ
force British withdrawal from Northern Ireland ⓘ
historicalSignificance influenced later strategies of the Provisional IRA ⓘ
last major IRA campaign before the late 1960s ⓘ
ideology Irish republicanism ⓘ
anti-partitionism ⓘ
ledBy IRA Chief of Staff Seán Cronin ⓘ
legalConsequence internment and imprisonment of IRA members ⓘ
location Northern Ireland ⓘ
Republic of Ireland–Northern Ireland border ⓘ
linked to: Irish border
method attacks on security installations ⓘ
bombing attacks ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ
notableEvent simultaneous attacks on police barracks on 12 December 1956 ⓘ
opposedBy Irish government ⓘ
Northern Ireland government ⓘ
organizedBy Irish Republican Army (IRA) ⓘ
partOf Irish republican–British conflict ⓘ
precededBy Irish Republican Army activities in the 1940s ⓘ
region Ulster ⓘ
relatedTo Irish Civil War ⓘ
Irish War of Independence ⓘ
The Troubles ⓘ
result IRA cessation of campaign in 1962 ⓘ
failure to achieve strategic objectives ⓘ
limited public support in Northern Ireland ⓘ
startDate 1956-12-12 ⓘ
target British Army installations ⓘ
linked to: British Army estate

Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks ⓘ
infrastructure near the border ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

The Spirit Level → hasPart → The Border Campaign ⓘ
Cathal Goulding → participatedIn → Border Campaign ⓘ
linked to: The Border Campaign
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh → participatedIn → Border Campaign ⓘ
linked to: The Border Campaign
Battle of Hoa Binh → precededBy → Border Campaign ⓘ
linked to: The Border Campaign