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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict → civil war →
belligerent	Irish Civil War → 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.

anti-Treaty IRA → activeDuring → Irish Civil War →

Irish Civil War → belligerent → Irish Civil War →

this entity surface form: "Anti-Treaty forces"

Liam Lynch → conflict → Irish Civil War →

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

Pro-Treaty forces → conflict → Irish Civil War →

anti-Treaty IRA → conflict → Irish Civil War →

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

Irish War of Independence → followedBy → Irish Civil War →

Tan War → followedBy → Irish Civil War →

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

Irish War of Independence → hasEffect → Irish Civil War →

Interwar period → hasPart → Irish Civil War →

Anglo-Irish Treaty → ledTo → Irish Civil War →

Pro-Treaty forces → notableBattle → Irish Civil War →

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

Cathal Brugha → notableEvent → Irish Civil War →

Eoin O'Duffy → participantIn → Irish Civil War →

Frank Aiken → participantIn → Irish Civil War →

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

Michael Collins → participatedIn → Irish Civil War →

Éamon de Valera → participatedIn → Irish Civil War →

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

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

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

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

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

Kilmainham Gaol → usedDuringConflict → Irish Civil War →

Irish Free State → wasBelligerentIn → Irish Civil War →