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Irish Citizen Army, an Uncommon card
The Irish Citizen Army, or ICA, was a paramilitary group first formed in Dublin to defend the picket lines and street demonstrations of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union against the police during the Great Dublin Lockout of 1913.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 54,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Irish Citizen Army quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Irish Citizen Army card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Subsequently, under the ______ of James Connolly, the ICA participated in the Irish Republican insurrection of Easter 1916.
Answer
leadership. Subsequently, under the leadership of James Connolly, the ICA participated in the Irish Republican insurrection of Easter 1916. From the Irish Citizen Army article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Following the ICA's declaration in July ____ that members could not be simultaneously members of both the ICA and the IRA, combined with the ICA's military inactivity, there was a steady stream of desertion from the ICA.
Answer
1910s. Following the ICA's declaration in July 1919 that members could not be simultaneously members of both the ICA and the IRA, combined with the ICA's military inactivity, there was a steady stream of desertion from the ICA. From the Irish Citizen Army article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Subsequently, under the leadership of James Connolly, the ICA participated in the Irish Republican insurrection of Easter 1916.
- Following the Easter Rising, the death of James Connolly and the departure of Jim Larkin, the ICA largely sidelined itself during the Irish War of Independence by choosing to only offer material support to the Irish Republican Army and not become directly involved itself.
- Following the ICA's declaration in July 1919 that members could not be simultaneously members of both the ICA and the IRA, combined with the ICA's military inactivity, there was a steady stream of desertion from the ICA.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Irish Citizen Army article was read about 54,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Irish Citizen Army
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Text : Wikipedia, Irish Citizen Army (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : RootOfAllLight, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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