shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin

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battle event in the Irish Civil War military engagement

The shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin was a pivotal early battle of the Irish Civil War in June 1922, when pro-Treaty forces bombarded anti-Treaty IRA occupiers in the city’s main courts complex, marking the conflict’s violent outbreak.

Aliases (1)

bombardment of the Four Courts ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → event in the Irish Civil War → military engagement →
alsoKnownAs	bombardment of the Four Courts →
belligerentIdeologySide1	pro-Treaty nationalism →
belligerentIdeologySide2	republican opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty →
cause	escalating tensions between pro-Treaty and anti-Treaty factions after the Anglo-Irish Treaty → refusal of anti-Treaty forces to evacuate the Four Courts complex →
civilianImpact	damage to central Dublin area →
combatant	anti-Treaty IRA → pro-Treaty forces →
commanderSide1	Emmet Dalton → Michael Collins →
commanderSide2	Liam Mellows → Rory O’Connor →
conflict	Irish Civil War →
consequence	loss of many centuries of Irish public records → outbreak of full-scale Irish Civil War → severe damage to the Public Record Office of Ireland →
country	Ireland →
date	June 1922 →
endDate	30 June 1922 →
followedBy	Battle of Dublin →
location	Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland →
method	artillery bombardment of the Four Courts complex →
militaryTheater	urban warfare in Dublin →
partOf	Battle of Dublin → early phase of the Irish Civil War →
precededBy	occupation of the Four Courts by anti-Treaty IRA →
relatedTo	Anglo-Irish Treaty → Dáil Éireann split over the Treaty → Irish Free State →
result	destruction of parts of the Four Courts complex → pro-Treaty victory → surrender of the anti-Treaty garrison →
side1	Irish Provisional Government forces →
side2	anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army garrison →
significance	marked the violent beginning of open hostilities between pro- and anti-Treaty forces → symbolized the split within the Irish independence movement →
startDate	28 June 1922 →
target	Four Courts judicial complex → Public Record Office of Ireland →
timePeriod	20th century → post-World War I era →
usedWeapon	18-pounder field guns → small arms →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin ("bombardment of the Four Courts") →	alsoKnownAs
Irish Civil War →	significantEvent