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.

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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.

anti-Treaty IRA separatedFrom pro-Treaty IRA
Cumann na nGaedheal precededBy pro-Treaty IRA
this entity surface form: pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
Irregulars opposedBy pro-Treaty IRA