British Army in Ireland

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The British Army in Ireland was the military force of the United Kingdom responsible for maintaining imperial control and suppressing nationalist movements in Ireland, particularly during periods of political unrest and rebellion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military presence
occupation force
appliesToJurisdiction Ireland NERFINISHED
appliesToPeriod 19th century
early 20th century
commander Commander of the Forces in Ireland
controlledBy War Office NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
dissolvedFollowing Anglo-Irish Treaty NERFINISHED
establishment of the Irish Free State
endTime 1922
hasPart Irish regiments of the British Army
Royal Irish Constabulary auxiliaries (in cooperation) NERFINISHED
garrison troops in Ireland
hasRole coastal defence
garrison duty
internal security
maintaining imperial control
supporting civil administration
suppressing nationalist movements
headquartersLocation Dublin Castle NERFINISHED
Royal Hospital Kilmainham NERFINISHED
legalBasis Act of Union 1800 NERFINISHED
British imperial rule in Ireland
location Belfast NERFINISHED
Cork NERFINISHED
Curragh Camp NERFINISHED
Dublin NERFINISHED
Dublin Castle NERFINISHED
Galway NERFINISHED
Limerick NERFINISHED
Phoenix Park, Dublin NERFINISHED
maintainedGarrisonUntil handover of barracks 1922–1923
opposedBy Fenian Brotherhood NERFINISHED
Irish Citizen Army NERFINISHED
Irish Republican Army NERFINISHED
Irish Volunteers NERFINISHED
United Irishmen NERFINISHED
partOf British Army
replacedBy Irish Defence Forces NERFINISHED
National Army of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED
significantEvent Act of Union 1801 NERFINISHED
Easter Rising of 1916 NERFINISHED
Fenian Rising of 1867 NERFINISHED
Irish Civil War (limited involvement)
Irish Rebellion of 1798 NERFINISHED
Irish War of Independence NERFINISHED
Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 NERFINISHED
startTime 1801

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Irish Volunteers opposedBy British Army in Ireland
Tom Barry memoir "Guerrilla Days in Ireland" focusesOn British Army in Ireland
subject surface form: Guerrilla Days in Ireland
this entity surface form: British forces in Ireland
RIC Special Reserve associatedWith British Army in Ireland
this entity surface form: British Crown forces in Ireland
Seán Hogan opponent British Army in Ireland
General John Maxwell partOf British Army in Ireland
subject surface form: John Maxwell
this entity surface form: British military administration in Ireland
Séumas Robinson foughtAgainst British Army in Ireland
this entity surface form: British forces in Ireland