Pro-Treaty forces

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belligerent in civil war military faction political faction

Pro-Treaty forces were the Irish government and military units that supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and formed the core of the National Army fighting to establish the Irish Free State.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pro-Treaty Army	1
pro-Treaty forces	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	belligerent in civil war ⓘ military faction ⓘ political faction ⓘ
allegiance	Government of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Irish Free State Executive Council Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Free State forces ⓘ National Army ⓘ
casusBelli	implementation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
conflict	Irish Civil War ⓘ
coreOf	National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
country	Irish Free State ⓘ
endTime	1923 ⓘ
followedBy	Defence Forces of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Irish Defence Forces
formedFrom	Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ surface form: Irish Republican Army Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ
goal	establish Irish Free State ⓘ implement Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
headquarters	Dublin ⓘ
ideology	Irish nationalism ⓘ support for dominion status ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
leader	Michael Collins ⓘ Richard Mulcahy ⓘ
legalStatus	National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ surface form: armed forces of the Irish Free State
militaryBranch	National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ surface form: Irish Free State Army National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
notableBattle	Battle of Cork (1922) ⓘ Battle of Dublin (1922) ⓘ Irish Civil War ⓘ surface form: Kerry campaign (Irish Civil War) Limerick fighting (1922) ⓘ
opposedBy	Anti-Treaty forces ⓘ Irregulars ⓘ
partOf	Irish Free State ⓘ surface form: Irish Free State government
politicalLeader	W. T. Cosgrave ⓘ
politicalWing	Cumann na nGaedheal ⓘ Cumann na nGaedheal ⓘ surface form: Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
precededBy	Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ
significantEvent	shelling of the Four Courts ⓘ
startTime	1922 ⓘ
status	victorious side in the Irish Civil War ⓘ
supported	Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
territory	Irish Free State ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
usedEquipment	armoured cars ⓘ artillery supplied by the United Kingdom ⓘ rifles supplied by the United Kingdom ⓘ
usedTactic	conventional warfare ⓘ counter-insurgency operations ⓘ seaborne landings on Anti-Treaty areas ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

National Army of the Irish Free State → alsoKnownAs → Pro-Treaty forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pro-Treaty Army

Irish Civil War → belligerent → Pro-Treaty forces ⓘ

shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin → combatant → Pro-Treaty forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: pro-Treaty forces