National Army

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The National Army was the pro-Treaty military force of the Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War, formed to support the Anglo-Irish Treaty and establish the new government’s authority.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
National Army canonical 4
National Army (provisional) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military force ⓘ
activeDuring 1922 ⓘ
1923 ⓘ
allegiance Irish Free State Executive Council ⓘ
surface form: Executive Council of the Irish Free State

Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Free State forces ⓘ
surface form: Free State Army

Provisional Government forces ⓘ
commander Eoin O'Duffy ⓘ
Michael Collins ⓘ
Richard Mulcahy ⓘ
conflict Irish Civil War ⓘ
country Irish Free State ⓘ
countryDuringService Irish Free State ⓘ
disestablished 1924 ⓘ
engagedIn counter-insurgency operations ⓘ
followedBy Defence Forces of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Irish Defence Forces
formedTo establish the authority of the Irish Free State government ⓘ
support the Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
function defeat anti-Treaty forces ⓘ
maintain internal security of the Irish Free State ⓘ
governmentBranch Minister for Defence of the Irish Free State ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence of the Irish Free State
headquarters Dublin ⓘ
historicalEra interwar period ⓘ
ideology pro-Treaty ⓘ
integratedInto Defence Forces of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Irish Defence Forces
legalBasis Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 ⓘ
loyalty Irish Free State Executive Council ⓘ
surface form: Irish Free State government
notableOperation Munster offensive ⓘ
retaking of Dublin in 1922 ⓘ
seaborne landings on the Cork and Kerry coasts ⓘ
opposed anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
origin pro-Treaty elements of the IRA ⓘ
partOf history of the Irish Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ
primaryOpponent Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ
surface form: Irish Republican Army (anti-Treaty)
primaryTheatreOfOperations Ireland ⓘ
recruitmentBase former IRA volunteers ⓘ
new volunteers loyal to the Treaty ⓘ
region Ireland ⓘ
role armed forces of the Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
supported Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
symbol Irish tricolour ⓘ
type land forces ⓘ
usedTactics conventional warfare ⓘ
guerrilla warfare countermeasures ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Pro-Treaty forces → alsoKnownAs → National Army ⓘ
Free State forces → hasPart → National Army ⓘ
pro-Treaty IRA → alsoKnownAs → National Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (provisional)
Battle of Dublin → belligerent → National Army ⓘ