National Army of the Irish Free State

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army military organization

The National Army of the Irish Free State was the pro-Treaty military force that served as the official army of the newly established Irish Free State in the early 1920s.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
National Army (Irish Free State) 16
National Army of the Irish Free State canonical 7
Irish Free State Army 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
allegiance Irish Free State Executive Council ⓘ
Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Free State forces ⓘ
surface form: Free State Army

National Army ⓘ
Pro-Treaty forces ⓘ
surface form: Pro-Treaty Army
commanderInChief Michael Collins ⓘ
conflict Irish Civil War ⓘ
country Irish Free State ⓘ
dateFounded 1922 ⓘ
disestablished mid-1920s ⓘ
engagement Battle of Cork (1922) ⓘ
Battle of Dublin (1922) ⓘ
Limerick fighting (1922) ⓘ
Mayo campaign (Irish Civil War) ⓘ
equipmentSource UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government
formedFrom Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ
surface form: Irish Republican Army (provisional government forces)

pro-Treaty IRA ⓘ
foundedAfter Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
garrison Dublin ⓘ
headquarters Dublin ⓘ
ideology pro-Treaty ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 ⓘ
mergedInto Defence Forces of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Irish Defence Forces
notableCommander Eoin O'Duffy ⓘ
Michael Collins ⓘ
Paddy Daly ⓘ
Richard Mulcahy ⓘ
Seán Mac Eoin ⓘ
opposedBy anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
partOf Irish Free State ⓘ
peakStrength over 50,000 personnel ⓘ
predecessor Irish Republican Army ⓘ
primaryFunction defend the Irish Free State ⓘ
enforce the authority of the Free State government ⓘ
primaryOpponents anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
surface form: Irish Republican Army (anti-Treaty)
recruitmentBase World War I veterans ⓘ
former IRA volunteers ⓘ
reorganizedAs Defence Forces of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: permanent Defence Forces of the Irish Free State
role National Army of the Irish Free State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: armed forces of the Irish Free State
successor Defence Forces of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Defence Forces (Ireland)
symbolizes state authority of the Irish Free State during the Civil War ⓘ
usedEquipment British-supplied artillery ⓘ
armoured cars ⓘ
small arms ⓘ
usedTactics conventional warfare ⓘ
counter-insurgency operations ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Irish Civil War → belligerent → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Irish Free State → militaryForce → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Pro-Treaty forces → coreOf → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Pro-Treaty forces → militaryBranch → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Pro-Treaty forces → militaryBranch → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Free State Army
Pro-Treaty forces → legalStatus → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: armed forces of the Irish Free State
National Army of the Irish Free State → role → National Army of the Irish Free State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: armed forces of the Irish Free State
Liam Lynch → capturedBy → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Free State forces
shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin → side1 → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Provisional Government forces
Public Safety Acts and emergency powers in Irish Free State → grantsPowerTo → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Free State Army
anti-Treaty IRA → separatedFrom → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
anti-Treaty IRA → opponent → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) → mergedInto → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Richard Mulcahy → servedIn → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Defence Forces of Ireland → origin → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Richard Mulcahy (as party leader influence, historically associated) → militaryBranch → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Mulcahy
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Battle of Dublin (1922) → combatant → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Limerick fighting (1922) → hasPartInvolved → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Free State forces
pro-Treaty IRA → formedCoreOf → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
pro-Treaty IRA → followedBy → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
pro-Treaty IRA → transformedInto → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Free State Army
Béal na Bláth, County Cork, Ireland → associatedWith → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State forces)
Commander-in-Chief of the National Army in 1922 → appliesToPart → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Commander-in-Chief of the National Army in 1922 → jurisdiction → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Free State armed forces
Commander-in-Chief of the National Army in 1922 → officeCreatedFor → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Battle of Dublin → belligerent → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Free State government forces
Emmet Dalton → militaryBranch → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Battle of Cork (1922) → hasParticipant → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Battle of Cork (1922) → opponent → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Seán Mac Eoin → militaryBranch → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Paddy Daly → militaryBranch → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Irregulars → opposedBy → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Republican forces (Irish Civil War) → opposedBy → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)
Old IRA → succeededBy → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Gormanstown Camp → usedBy → National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Free State forces