Provisional Irish Republican Army

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (91)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:PIRA
gptkbp:activeYears	1969–2005
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Irish_National_Liberation_Army gptkb:FARC gptkb:Basque_ETA gptkb:Libyan_government_(under_Gaddafi) Palestinian groups
gptkbp:armedCampaign	kidnappings guerrilla warfare ambushes assassinations bank robberies bombings
gptkbp:ceasefireDeclared	1994
gptkbp:countryOfOperation	gptkb:England gptkb:Europe gptkb:Northern_Ireland gptkb:Republic_of_Ireland
gptkbp:decommissionedArms	2005
gptkbp:designation	illegal organization (by Republic of Ireland) paramilitary group (by supporters) terrorist organization (by UK, US, EU, Canada)
gptkbp:dissolved	2005
gptkbp:foundedYear	1969
gptkbp:fundedBy	donations extortion smuggling counterfeit goods bank robberies
gptkbp:goal	end British rule in Northern Ireland unification of Ireland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Provisional Irish Republican Army
gptkbp:ideology	socialism Irish nationalism Irish republicanism
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Official_IRA gptkb:Easter_Rising gptkb:Irish_War_of_Independence gptkb:Irish_Civil_War gptkb:Fenian_movement gptkb:Irish_Republican_Brotherhood Catholic Church Marxism anti-colonialism Irish nationalism
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Army_Council
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:British_Army gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:Royal_Ulster_Constabulary gptkb:Ulster_Defence_Association gptkb:Ulster_Volunteer_Force gptkb:Irish_government Loyalist paramilitaries
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Good_Friday_Agreement gptkb:The_Troubles gptkb:Birmingham_pub_bombings gptkb:Brighton_hotel_bombing gptkb:Warrenpoint_ambush gptkb:1981_Irish_hunger_strike gptkb:Omagh_bombing
gptkbp:notableInmate	gptkb:Bobby_Sands gptkb:Francis_Hughes gptkb:Joe_McDonnell gptkb:Kieran_Doherty gptkb:Mickey_Devine gptkb:Patsy_O'Hara gptkb:Raymond_McCreesh gptkb:Thomas_McElwee gptkb:Kevin_Lynch
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Joe_Cahill gptkb:Martin_McGuinness gptkb:Seán_Mac_Stíofáin gptkb:Billy_McKee gptkb:Bobby_Sands gptkb:Brendan_Hughes gptkb:Dáithí_Ó_Conaill gptkb:Kevin_McKenna gptkb:Ruairí_Ó_Brádaigh gptkb:Thomas_'Slab'_Murphy gptkb:Brian_Keenan gptkb:Gerry_Adams
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:British_Army gptkb:Royal_Ulster_Constabulary Ulster loyalist paramilitaries
gptkbp:parentOrganization	Irish Republican Army
gptkbp:politicalWing	gptkb:Sinn_Féin
gptkbp:separates	gptkb:Official_Irish_Republican_Army
gptkbp:status	disbanded
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lord_Mountbatten
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4