# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-cahill
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:52:23.991Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-cahill"
name: "Joe Cahill"
slug: "joe-cahill"
description: "Joe Cahill was a prominent figure in the Irish republican movement in Northern Ireland and former chief of staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He joined a junior-republican movement, Na Fianna Eireann, in 1937 and the following year, joined the Irish Republican Army. In 1969, Cahill was a key figure in the founding of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. During his time in the Provisional IRA, Cahill helped import weapons and raise financial support. He served as the chief of staff in 1972, but was arrested the following year when a ship importing weapons was intercepted."
tagline: "Irish republican; PIRA leader (1920–2004)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Joe_Cahill.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1920-05-19"
deathDate: "2004-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.22
  momentum:             3.12
  historical:           5.525166666666667
  currentAttention:     4.4
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cahill"
    title: "Joe Cahill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cahill"
    title: "Joe Cahill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cahill"
    title: "Joe Cahill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cahill"
    title: "Joe Cahill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cahill"
    title: "Joe Cahill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cahill"
    title: "Joseph Cahill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331474"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump