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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army → military organization →
allegiance	Irish Free State Executive Council → Provisional Government of Ireland →
alsoKnownAs	Free State Army → National Army → 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	British government →
formedFrom	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	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	Irish Republican Army (anti-Treaty) →
recruitmentBase	World War I veterans → former IRA volunteers →
reorganizedAs	permanent Defence Forces of the Irish Free State →
role	armed forces of the Irish Free State →
successor	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 (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pro-Treaty forces ("National Army (Irish Free State)") → Pro-Treaty forces ("Irish Free State Army") →	militaryBranch
Irish Civil War →	belligerent
Liam Lynch ("Irish Free State forces") →	capturedBy
Pro-Treaty forces ("National Army (Irish Free State)") →	coreOf
Public Safety Acts and emergency powers in Irish Free State ("Irish Free State Army") →	grantsPowerTo
Pro-Treaty forces ("armed forces of the Irish Free State") →	legalStatus
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) →	mergedInto
Irish Free State ("National Army (Irish Free State)") →	militaryForce
anti-Treaty IRA ("National Army (Irish Free State)") →	opponent
National Army of the Irish Free State ("armed forces of the Irish Free State") →	role
anti-Treaty IRA ("National Army (Irish Free State)") →	separatedFrom
shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin ("Irish Provisional Government forces") →	side1