Free State forces

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Free State forces were the pro-Treaty military units that supported the establishment of the Irish Free State and fought against anti-Treaty republicans during the Irish Civil War.

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Free State Army 3
Free State forces canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military force
pro-Treaty faction
allegiance Irish Free State Executive Council
surface form: Irish Free State government

Provisional Government of Ireland
appliesToPeriod Irish Civil War
commandedBy Eoin O'Duffy
Michael Collins
Paddy Daly
Richard Mulcahy
W. R. E. Murphy
conflict Irish Civil War
country Irish Free State
endTime 1923
engagedIn Battle of Dublin (1922)
Battle of Cork (1922)
surface form: Cork landing (1922)

Kerry campaign (Irish Civil War)
Limerick fighting (1922)
Mayo campaign (Irish Civil War)
siege of the Four Courts
goal defeat of anti-Treaty forces
establishment of the Irish Free State
hasPart Dublin Guard
Free State artillery units
Free State naval units
National Army
pro-Treaty IRA units
ideology Irish nationalism
pro-Treaty Irish republicanism
language English
Irish
location Ireland
notableEvent shelling of the Four Courts in June 1922
opposedBy anti-Treaty IRA
anti-Treaty republicans
partOf Irish National Army
receivedSupportFrom British Army
United Kingdom
result military victory in the Irish Civil War
startTime 1922
supports Anglo-Irish Treaty
usedTactic amphibious landings
conventional warfare
siege warfare
usedWeapon armoured cars
armoured trains
artillery
machine guns
small arms

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Pro-Treaty forces alsoKnownAs Free State forces
National Army of the Irish Free State alsoKnownAs Free State forces
this entity surface form: Free State Army
National Army alsoKnownAs Free State forces
subject surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
this entity surface form: Free State Army
pro-Treaty IRA alsoKnownAs Free State forces
this entity surface form: Free State Army