anti-Treaty IRA

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Irish Republican Army faction paramilitary organization

The anti-Treaty IRA was the faction of the Irish Republican Army that rejected the Anglo-Irish Treaty and continued armed resistance in pursuit of a fully independent Irish republic.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Irish Republican Army 1
Irish Republican Army (anti-Treaty) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish Republican Army faction ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
activeDuring Irish Civil War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Irregulars ⓘ
Republican forces (Irish Civil War) ⓘ
conflict Irish Civil War ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
endTime 1923 ⓘ
event ceasefire April 1923 ⓘ
order to dump arms May 1923 ⓘ
goal establishment of a fully independent Irish republic ⓘ
hasPart Irregulars ⓘ
headquartersLocation Munster ⓘ
ideology Irish republicanism ⓘ
leader Frank Aiken ⓘ
Liam Lynch ⓘ
Éamon de Valera ⓘ
notableMember Austin Stack ⓘ
Constance Markievicz ⓘ
Ernie O'Malley ⓘ
Mary MacSwiney ⓘ
Seán Moylan ⓘ
Tom Barry ⓘ
opponent UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government

National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)

Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ
Ulster Special Constabulary ⓘ
opposedTo Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
Irish Free State ⓘ
partOf Irish republican movement ⓘ
surface form: Irish Republican movement
positionOnTreaty rejected Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 ⓘ
precededBy Irish Republican Army ⓘ
reasonForOpposition oath of allegiance to the British monarch ⓘ
partition of Ireland ⓘ
status of Irish Free State as dominion within British Empire ⓘ
separatedFrom National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
surface form: National Army (Irish Free State)

pro-Treaty IRA ⓘ
signedDocument Dump Arms order ⓘ
startTime 1922 ⓘ
stronghold County Cork ⓘ
County Kerry ⓘ
County Limerick ⓘ
County Tipperary ⓘ
succeededBy Irish Republican Army ⓘ
surface form: Irish Republican Army (post-1923)
usedTactic ambushes ⓘ
destruction of infrastructure ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Irish Civil War → belligerent → anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
Anglo-Irish Treaty → opposedBy → anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
Michael Collins → opposedBy → anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army (anti-Treaty)
Irish Civil War → relatedTo → anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Republican Army
Liam Lynch → sideInConflict → anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ