Irish Civil War

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armed conflict civil war

The Irish Civil War was a 1922–1923 conflict between pro- and anti-Treaty forces in Ireland that followed independence from Britain and shaped the country’s subsequent political landscape.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Irish Civil War canonical	86
Irish Civil War (1922–1923)	2
Anti-Treaty forces	1
Irish Civil War (border campaigns)	1
Irish Civil War in County Cork	1
Irish Free State offensive in 1922	1
Kerry campaign (Irish Civil War)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ
belligerent	Irish Civil War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anti-Treaty forces National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ Pro-Treaty forces ⓘ anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
cause	Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ disagreement over status of Irish Free State ⓘ oath of allegiance to the British monarch ⓘ partition of Ireland ⓘ
commander	Eoin O'Duffy ⓘ Frank Aiken ⓘ Liam Lynch ⓘ Michael Collins ⓘ Richard Mulcahy ⓘ Éamon de Valera ⓘ
conflictType	internal conflict ⓘ
country	Irish Free State ⓘ
deathTollEstimate	approximately 1500–2000 combatants killed ⓘ significant civilian casualties ⓘ
endDate	1923-05-24 ⓘ
followedBy	political dominance of Cumann na nGaedheal and later Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil ⓘ
ideologicalConflict	pro-Treaty vs anti-Treaty republicanism ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
legalConsequence	Public Safety Acts and emergency powers in Irish Free State ⓘ
partOf	Irish War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Irish revolutionary period history of Ireland ⓘ
place	Ireland ⓘ
politicalConsequence	entrenchment of two-party system in Irish politics ⓘ eventual formation of Fianna Fáil ⓘ formation of Cumann na nGaedheal ⓘ long-term split in Irish republican movement ⓘ
precededBy	Irish War of Independence ⓘ
relatedTo	Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ Irish Free State ⓘ anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ surface form: Irish Republican Army partition of Ireland ⓘ
result	Pro-Treaty victory ⓘ consolidation of Irish Free State ⓘ defeat of anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
significantEvent	anti-Treaty IRA ceasefire of April 1923 ⓘ death of Michael Collins at Béal na Bláth ⓘ execution of republican prisoners by Free State ⓘ order to dump arms by Frank Aiken ⓘ shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin ⓘ
startDate	1922-06-28 ⓘ
temporalContext	20th century ⓘ interwar period ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Interwar period → hasPart → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Irish Civil War → belligerent → Irish Civil War self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anti-Treaty forces

Irish War of Independence → hasEffect → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Irish War of Independence → followedBy → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Irish Free State → wasBelligerentIn → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Anglo-Irish Treaty → ledTo → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Kilmainham Gaol → usedDuringConflict → Irish Civil War ⓘ

The Wind That Shakes the Barley → setInPeriod → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Pro-Treaty forces → conflict → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Pro-Treaty forces → notableBattle → Irish Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kerry campaign (Irish Civil War)

National Army of the Irish Free State → conflict → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Michael Collins → participatedIn → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Eoin O'Duffy → participantIn → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Éamon de Valera → participatedIn → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Liam Lynch → conflict → Irish Civil War ⓘ

shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin → conflict → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Public Safety Acts and emergency powers in Irish Free State → relatedTo → Irish Civil War ⓘ

anti-Treaty IRA → activeDuring → Irish Civil War ⓘ

anti-Treaty IRA → conflict → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Frank Aiken → participantIn → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Truce of 11 July 1921 → relatedTo → Irish Civil War ⓘ

W. T. Cosgrave → participantIn → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Cathal Brugha → notableEvent → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Bloody Sunday (1920) → relatedEvent → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Tan War → followedBy → Irish Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Civil War (1922–1923)

Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) → relatedTo → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Irish republican movement → associatedEvent → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Irish Republican Army → notableEvent → Irish Civil War ⓘ

partition of Ireland → followedBy → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Richard Mulcahy → participatedIn → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Cumann na nGaedheal → formedGovernmentAfter → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Richard Mulcahy (as party leader influence, historically associated) → participatedIn → Irish Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard Mulcahy

Príosún Chill Mhaighneann → significantEvent → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Four Courts → significantEvent → Irish Civil War ⓘ

The Tower → influencedBy → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Element Films → setInPeriod → Irish Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Michael Collins (film) → setInPeriod → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Frank O’Connor → participantIn → Irish Civil War ⓘ

The Banshees of Inisherin → setInPeriod → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Provisional Government of Ireland → significantEvent → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Provisional Government of Ireland → conflict → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Dublin (1922) → conflict → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Dublin (1922) → partOf → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Limerick fighting (1922) → conflict → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Free State forces → appliesToPeriod → Irish Civil War ⓘ

Free State forces → conflict → Irish Civil War ⓘ

National Army → conflict → Irish Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)

pro-Treaty IRA → activeIn → Irish Civil War ⓘ

pro-Treaty IRA → conflict → Irish Civil War ⓘ