Provisional Government of Ireland

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The Provisional Government of Ireland was the temporary administration established in 1922 to oversee the transition from British rule to the Irish Free State following the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interim administration
provisional government
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State
surface form: Irish Free State (in formation)

Southern Ireland
appliesToPart 26 counties of Southern Ireland
conflict Irish Civil War
constitutionalStatus temporary administration
country Ireland
countryAdministered Irish Free State
surface form: Irish Free State (in transition)
dateOfDissolution 1922-12-06
dateOfEstablishment 1922-01-16
endTime 1922-12-06
followedBy Irish Free State Executive Council
surface form: Executive Council of the Irish Free State
governmentType provisional executive authority
hasRole establishing institutions of the Irish Free State
implementing the Anglo-Irish Treaty
overseeing transfer of powers from British authorities
headOfGovernment Michael Collins
headOfGovernmentTitle Chairman of the Provisional Government
languageOfWork English
Irish
legalBasis Anglo-Irish Treaty
Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922
Provisional Government (Transfer of Functions) Order, 1922
locationOfHeadquarters Dublin
notableMember Desmond FitzGerald
Eoin MacNeill
Ernest Blythe
Fionán Lynch
Joseph McGrath
Kevin O'Higgins
surface form: Kevin O’Higgins

Patrick Hogan
Richard Mulcahy
W. T. Cosgrave
W. T. Cosgrave
surface form: William T. Cosgrave (as Minister for Local Government)
officeHeldBy Michael Collins
partOf Irish revolutionary governments
Irish revolutionary period
precededBy British administration in Southern Ireland
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
surface form: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (as chief executive)
replacedBy Irish Free State Executive Council
surface form: Government of the Irish Free State
replaces British administration in Southern Ireland
significantEvent Irish Civil War
assassination of Michael Collins
implementation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
transfer of Dublin Castle administration to Irish authorities
transition from British rule to Irish Free State
startTime 1922-01-16
territorialExtent Southern Ireland as defined by the Government of Ireland Act 1920

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Pro-Treaty forces allegiance Provisional Government of Ireland
National Army of the Irish Free State allegiance Provisional Government of Ireland
Constitution of the Irish Free State promulgatedBy Provisional Government of Ireland
Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 enablingLegislationFor Provisional Government of Ireland
this entity surface form: Provisional Government of Southern Ireland
Southern Ireland deFactoSuccessorGovernment Provisional Government of Ireland
Free State forces allegiance Provisional Government of Ireland
National Army allegiance Provisional Government of Ireland
subject surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
pro-Treaty IRA allegiance Provisional Government of Ireland
Commander-in-Chief of the National Army in 1922 subordinateTo Provisional Government of Ireland
this entity surface form: Provisional Government of the Irish Free State
Battle of Dublin relatedTo Provisional Government of Ireland
Battle of Dublin governingSide Provisional Government of Ireland
this entity surface form: Provisional Government of the Irish Free State
Irish Free State Executive Council precededBy Provisional Government of Ireland
Republican forces (Irish Civil War) opposedBy Provisional Government of Ireland
Third Dáil sitting as a Constituent Assembly governmentFormed Provisional Government of Ireland
British administration in Ireland replacedBy Provisional Government of Ireland