pro-Treaty IRA
E311997
The pro-Treaty IRA was the faction of the Irish Republican Army that supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty, backing the establishment of the Irish Free State and forming the core of its new National Army.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| pro-Treaty IRA canonical | 3 |
| pro-Treaty Sinn Féin | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
faction of the Irish Republican Army
ⓘ
military organization ⓘ |
| activeIn | Irish Civil War ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Irish Free State
ⓘ
Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Free State forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Free State Army
National Army ⓘ
surface form:
National Army (provisional)
|
| areaOfOperations |
Irish Free State
ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Free State territory
|
| basedIn | Dublin ⓘ |
| commander |
Michael Collins
ⓘ
Richard Mulcahy ⓘ |
| conflict | Irish Civil War ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| endTime | 1924 ⓘ |
| followedBy | National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ |
| formedCoreOf | National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ |
| historicalContext | transition from British rule to Irish Free State ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post-independence Ireland ⓘ |
| ideology |
Irish nationalism
ⓘ
pro-Treaty republicanism ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| leader |
Michael Collins
ⓘ
Richard Mulcahy ⓘ |
| legalStatus | armed forces of the Provisional Government ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Battle of Dublin (1922)
ⓘ
Battle of Cork (1922) ⓘ
surface form:
Munster offensive (1922)
operations in County Cork during the Irish Civil War ⓘ Limerick fighting (1922) ⓘ
surface form:
siege of Limerick (1922)
|
| opposedBy | anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ |
| opposedGoalOf | Irish Republic as claimed by anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish Republican Army ⓘ |
| precededBy | Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
defence of the Irish Free State
ⓘ
implementation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ |
| primaryOpponents | anti-Treaty IRA units ⓘ |
| recruitedFrom |
Irish Republican Army volunteers
ⓘ
Irish Republican Brotherhood members ⓘ |
| significantEvent | formal integration into the National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ |
| startTime | 1922 ⓘ |
| supported |
Anglo-Irish Treaty
ⓘ
Irish Free State ⓘ |
| supportedCompromiseWith | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| transformedInto |
National Army of the Irish Free State
ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Free State Army
|
| usedEquipment |
armoured cars
ⓘ
artillery ⓘ small arms ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
pro-Treaty Sinn Féin