Republican forces (Irish Civil War)

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Republican forces (Irish Civil War) were the anti-Treaty Irish republican fighters who opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the establishment of the Irish Free State during the 1922–1923 conflict.

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Republican forces (Irish Civil War) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican movement faction
belligerent
military force
alsoKnownAs Irregulars
anti-Treaty forces
areaOfOperation Connacht
Leinster
Munster
Ulster
commander Liam Mellows
Rory O’Connor
surface form: Rory O'Connor
conflict Irish Civil War
country Ireland
dateOfCeasefire 1923-04-30
endCause military defeat
order to cease fire by Frank Aiken
endTime 1923
goal establishment of an all-Ireland republic
rejection of dominion status within the British Empire
hasPart Irregulars
anti-Treaty IRA
ideology Irish nationalism
Irish republicanism
leader Frank Aiken
Liam Lynch
Éamon de Valera
opposedBy National Army of the Irish Free State
surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)

Provisional Government of Ireland
opposedTo Anglo-Irish Treaty
Irish Free State
partiallyContinuingAs anti-Treaty IRA
surface form: Irish Republican Army (post-1923 anti-Treaty)
partOf Irish Republican Army
significantEvent anti-Treaty campaign in Munster
guerrilla phase of the Irish Civil War
occupation of the Four Courts
significantPlace Cork
Four Courts, Dublin
Kerry
Limerick
startTime 1922
uses ambush tactics
guerrilla warfare
sabotage

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anti-Treaty IRA alsoKnownAs Republican forces (Irish Civil War)