Kerry campaign (Irish Civil War)

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The Kerry campaign in the Irish Civil War was a series of brutal military operations and reprisals in County Kerry in 1922–1923, marked by intense guerrilla fighting and controversial executions as the Free State sought to suppress anti-Treaty republican forces.

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instanceOf event in the Irish Civil War ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aftermath long-term political bitterness in County Kerry ⓘ
public controversy over Free State conduct ⓘ
characterizedBy controversial executions ⓘ
intense guerrilla fighting ⓘ
reprisals against prisoners ⓘ
use of land mines by republicans ⓘ
conflict Irish Civil War ⓘ
conflictType counter-insurgency campaign ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
describedAs one of the most brutal episodes of the Irish Civil War ⓘ
documentedIn Irish Civil War historiography ⓘ
memoirs of participants in County Kerry ⓘ
endTime 1923 ⓘ
goal suppression of anti-Treaty republican forces in Kerry ⓘ
hasCause split in the IRA over the Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
hasPart Free State reprisals in Kerry ⓘ
guerrilla warfare in Kerry ⓘ
mine warfare against Free State forces ⓘ
roadside bombings and ambushes ⓘ
summary executions in Kerry ⓘ
hasSubject civil–military relations in the Irish Free State ⓘ
laws of war and summary execution ⓘ
historicalPeriod post-independence Ireland ⓘ
impact debates on legitimacy of the Free State ⓘ
shaping memory of the Irish Civil War in Kerry ⓘ
involves National Army units ⓘ
linked to: National Army

local Kerry IRA columns ⓘ
languageOfContext English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
location County Kerry ⓘ
notableEvent Bahaghs killings ⓘ
Ballyseedy killings ⓘ
Countess Bridge killings ⓘ
opponent Irish Free State ⓘ
anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
partOf Free State military operations in Munster ⓘ
Irish Civil War ⓘ
perpetrator Free State Army officers in Kerry ⓘ
precededBy War of Independence activity in County Kerry ⓘ
region south-west Ireland ⓘ
result defeat of organized anti-Treaty resistance in County Kerry ⓘ
side anti-Treaty republican forces ⓘ
pro-Treaty forces ⓘ
startTime 1922 ⓘ
timePeriod early 1920s ⓘ
victim captured anti-Treaty IRA prisoners ⓘ

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Free State forces → engagedIn → Kerry campaign (Irish Civil War) ⓘ