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

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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)