Battle of Kilcoole

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:aftermath Increased_tensions_between_Irish_nationalists_and_British_authorities
gptkbp:armament Rifles
Revolvers
gptkbp:casualties Low casualties on both sides
gptkbp:celebrates Memorials_in_Kilcoole
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Irish_Volunteers
gptkb:British_forces
gptkbp:date August 2, 1914
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:John_McBride
gptkb:Thomas_Davis
gptkb:Bertie_Ahern
gptkb:Michael_D._Higgins
gptkb:Patrick_Pearse
gptkb:Tomás_Mac_Curtain
gptkb:Charles_Stewart_Parnell
gptkb:Enda_Kenny
gptkb:Leo_Varadkar
gptkb:Éamon_de_Valera
gptkb:Michael_Collins
gptkb:James_Connolly
gptkb:Joseph_Plunkett
gptkb:James_Fintan_Lalor
gptkb:Mary_Robinson
gptkb:Henry_Joy_McCracken
gptkb:John_Mitchel
gptkb:Robert_Emmet
gptkb:William_Pearse
gptkb:Daniel_O'Connell
gptkb:John_O'Leary
gptkb:Michael_O'Higgins
Micheál Martin
Countess Markievicz
Wolf Tone
Seán Mac Diarmada
Sinn Féin leaders
gptkbp:historical_significance Marked_the_beginning_of_armed_resistance_in_Ireland
gptkbp:historicalContext Preceding_the_outbreak_of_World_War_I
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Kilcoole
gptkbp:influence Inspired_future_Irish_Republican_actions
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Irish_War_of_Independence
gptkbp:legacy Part_of_the_narrative_of_Irish_nationalism
gptkbp:location gptkb:Kilcoole,_County_Wicklow,_Ireland
gptkbp:media_coverage Reported_in_Irish_newspapers
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Roger_Casement
gptkb:John_Redmond
gptkbp:outcome Secured_arms_for_the_Irish_Volunteers
gptkbp:participants Local volunteers
Members_of_the_Irish_Republican_Brotherhood
gptkbp:relatedEvent Easter Rising
Howth gun-running
gptkbp:result Irish_Republican_victory
gptkbp:significance First armed engagement of the Irish Volunteers
gptkbp:tactics Surprise attack