Real Irish Republican Army
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The Real Irish Republican Army is a dissident Irish republican paramilitary group that split from the Provisional IRA and is best known for its violent opposition to the Northern Ireland peace process.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Real Irish Republican Army canonical | 5 |
| True IRA | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T931906 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Real Irish Republican Army Context triple: [Omagh bombing, perpetrator, Real Irish Republican Army]
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A.
Official Irish Republican Army
The Official Irish Republican Army was a Marxist-oriented Irish republican paramilitary group active mainly in Northern Ireland that pursued both armed struggle and political activism during the late 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was a paramilitary organization dedicated to ending British rule in Northern Ireland and achieving a united Irish republic, active in various forms throughout the 20th century.
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C.
pre-1969 Irish Republican Army
The pre-1969 Irish Republican Army was the unified republican paramilitary organization in Ireland that pursued the end of British rule and the reunification of Ireland before its split into Official and Provisional factions.
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D.
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican paramilitary organization that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland and played a central role in the conflict known as the Troubles.
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E.
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
The Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) was the guerrilla military organization of Irish republicans that fought British rule in Ireland and sought to establish an independent Irish republic during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Real Irish Republican Army Target entity description: The Real Irish Republican Army is a dissident Irish republican paramilitary group that split from the Provisional IRA and is best known for its violent opposition to the Northern Ireland peace process.
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A.
Official Irish Republican Army
The Official Irish Republican Army was a Marxist-oriented Irish republican paramilitary group active mainly in Northern Ireland that pursued both armed struggle and political activism during the late 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was a paramilitary organization dedicated to ending British rule in Northern Ireland and achieving a united Irish republic, active in various forms throughout the 20th century.
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C.
pre-1969 Irish Republican Army
The pre-1969 Irish Republican Army was the unified republican paramilitary organization in Ireland that pursued the end of British rule and the reunification of Ireland before its split into Official and Provisional factions.
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D.
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican paramilitary organization that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland and played a central role in the conflict known as the Troubles.
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E.
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
The Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) was the guerrilla military organization of Irish republicans that fought British rule in Ireland and sought to establish an independent Irish republic during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dissident republican group
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paramilitary organization ⓘ terrorist organization ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
2000s
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2010s ⓘ late 1990s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
RIRA
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Real IRA ⓘ |
| claimsContinuityWith | Irish Republican Army ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy |
Canada
ⓘ
European Union ⓘ Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| founded | 1997 ⓘ |
| goal |
end of British rule in Northern Ireland
ⓘ
united Ireland ⓘ |
| ideology |
Irish republicanism
ⓘ
physical-force republicanism ⓘ |
| inspiredFormationOf |
IRA
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surface form:
New IRA
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| notableAttack | Omagh bombing ⓘ |
| Omagh bombing |
1998
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County Tyrone ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| Omagh bombingDeaths | 29 ⓘ |
| Omagh bombingInjured | over 200 ⓘ |
| opposes |
Good Friday Agreement
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Northern Ireland peace process ⓘ |
| perpetrated | Omagh bombing ⓘ |
| positionOnCeasefire | opposed Provisional IRA ceasefire ⓘ |
| positionOnGoodFridayAgreement | rejected agreement ⓘ |
| regionOfOperation |
Great Britain
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ Ireland ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Ireland
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| splitFrom | Provisional Irish Republican Army ⓘ |
| status |
dissident faction of Irish republican movement
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largely fragmented ⓘ |
| tactics |
car bombings
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improvised explosive devices ⓘ mortars ⓘ shootings ⓘ |
| targets |
British security forces
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civilians ⓘ economic targets ⓘ police in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| usedCoverName | Óglaigh na hÉireann ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Real Irish Republican Army Description of subject: The Real Irish Republican Army is a dissident Irish republican paramilitary group that split from the Provisional IRA and is best known for its violent opposition to the Northern Ireland peace process.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.