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Irish Republican Army

Irish republican national liberation paramilitary organization
Organization paramilitary_organization Q175284
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Summary

Irish Republican Army is a paramilitary organization[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of paramilitary organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,919 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Headquarters location: Dublin[3]
  • Commons category: Irish Republican Army[4]
  • Inception: 1917[5]
  • Participated in conflict: Irish War of Independence[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Irish Republican Army[7]
  • Described at URL: https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/organ/iorgan.htm[8]
  • Native label: Óglaigh na hÉireann[9], Irish Republican Army[10]
  • Different from: IRA[11]
  • P14541: 28vLhX[12]

Why It Matters

Irish Republican Army has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → irish-republican-army
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  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 28vLhX
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  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0205712-Irish-Republican-Army
    Headquarters location → Dublin
    Instance of → —
    Participated in conflict → Irish War of Independence
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0205712-Irish-Republican-Army, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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