Battle of Dublin

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Dublin was a key early engagement of the Irish Civil War in June–July 1922, in which pro-Treaty forces fought anti-Treaty republicans for control of the capital following the split over the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Dublin canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
aftermath	beginning of open civil war across Ireland ⓘ consolidation of Pro-Treaty control of Dublin ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin ⓘ surface form: Siege of the Four Courts
antiTreatyFactionGoal	establishment of a full Irish Republic ⓘ
belligerent	anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ surface form: Anti-Treaty IRA Anti-Treaty republicans ⓘ National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ surface form: Irish Free State government forces National Army ⓘ Pro-Treaty forces ⓘ
cause	split over the Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
combatantStrength	Anti-Treaty forces heavily outnumbered ⓘ Pro-Treaty forces numerically superior ⓘ
commander	Emmet Dalton ⓘ Michael Collins ⓘ Oscar Traynor ⓘ Rory O’Connor ⓘ
conflict	Irish Civil War ⓘ
conflictType	siege ⓘ urban warfare ⓘ
country	Ireland ⓘ
damage	damage to central Dublin buildings ⓘ destruction of parts of the Four Courts complex ⓘ
datePeriod	June–July 1922 ⓘ
endDate	1922-07-05 ⓘ
governingSide	Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Provisional Government of the Irish Free State
historicalRegion	Leinster ⓘ
location	Dublin ⓘ Irish Free State ⓘ
notableEvent	shelling of the Four Courts ⓘ
objective	control of Dublin ⓘ removal of anti-Treaty garrison from the Four Courts ⓘ
opposingFactionIdeology	republicanism ⓘ
partOf	Irish Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	occupation of the Four Courts ⓘ
proTreatyFactionGoal	implementation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
relatedTo	Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ Irish War of Independence ⓘ Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
result	Pro-Treaty victory ⓘ
significance	decisive in securing the capital for the Pro-Treaty government ⓘ first major engagement of the Irish Civil War ⓘ
startDate	1922-06-28 ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ post-independence Ireland ⓘ
usedWeapon	18-pounder field guns ⓘ artillery ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin → followedBy → Battle of Dublin ⓘ

shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin → partOf → Battle of Dublin ⓘ