Provisional Government of Ireland

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The Provisional Government of Ireland was the temporary administration established in 1922 to oversee the transition from British rule to the Irish Free State following the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf interim administration ⓘ
provisional government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State (in formation) ⓘ
linked to: Irish Free State

Southern Ireland ⓘ
appliesToPart 26 counties of Southern Ireland ⓘ
conflict Irish Civil War ⓘ
constitutionalStatus temporary administration ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
countryAdministered Irish Free State (in transition) ⓘ
linked to: Irish Free State
dateOfDissolution 1922-12-06 ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment 1922-01-16 ⓘ
endTime 1922-12-06 ⓘ
followedBy Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
governmentType provisional executive authority ⓘ
hasRole establishing institutions of the Irish Free State ⓘ
implementing the Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
overseeing transfer of powers from British authorities ⓘ
headOfGovernment Michael Collins ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Chairman of the Provisional Government ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
legalBasis Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 ⓘ
Provisional Government (Transfer of Functions) Order, 1922 ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters Dublin ⓘ
notableMember Desmond FitzGerald ⓘ
Eoin MacNeill ⓘ
Ernest Blythe ⓘ
Fionán Lynch ⓘ
Joseph McGrath ⓘ
Kevin O’Higgins ⓘ
linked to: Kevin O'Higgins

Patrick Hogan ⓘ
Richard Mulcahy ⓘ
W. T. Cosgrave ⓘ
William T. Cosgrave (as Minister for Local Government) ⓘ
linked to: W. T. Cosgrave
officeHeldBy Michael Collins ⓘ
partOf Irish revolutionary governments ⓘ
Irish revolutionary period ⓘ
precededBy British administration in Southern Ireland ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (as chief executive) ⓘ
replacedBy Government of the Irish Free State ⓘ
replaces British administration in Southern Ireland ⓘ
significantEvent Irish Civil War ⓘ
assassination of Michael Collins ⓘ
implementation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
transfer of Dublin Castle administration to Irish authorities ⓘ
transition from British rule to Irish Free State ⓘ
startTime 1922-01-16 ⓘ
territorialExtent Southern Ireland as defined by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Pro-Treaty forces → allegiance → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
National Army of the Irish Free State → allegiance → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
Constitution of the Irish Free State → promulgatedBy → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 → enablingLegislationFor → Provisional Government of Southern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Provisional Government of Ireland
Southern Ireland → deFactoSuccessorGovernment → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
Free State forces → allegiance → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
National Army (Irish Free State) → allegiance → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
subject linked to: National Army
pro-Treaty IRA → allegiance → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the National Army in 1922 → subordinateTo → Provisional Government of the Irish Free State ⓘ
linked to: Provisional Government of Ireland
Battle of Dublin → relatedTo → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
Battle of Dublin → governingSide → Provisional Government of the Irish Free State ⓘ
linked to: Provisional Government of Ireland
Irish Free State Executive Council → precededBy → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
Republican forces (Irish Civil War) → opposedBy → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
Third Dáil sitting as a Constituent Assembly → governmentFormed → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
British administration in Ireland → replacedBy → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
President of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State → partOf → Provisional Government of the Irish Free State ⓘ
linked to: Provisional Government of Ireland
President of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State → headOfGovernmentFor → Provisional Government of the Irish Free State ⓘ
linked to: Provisional Government of Ireland
Ministry of Dáil Éireann → replacedBy → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
Kevin O'Higgins → memberOf → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
Provisional Government (Transfer of Functions) Order, 1922 → transferredPowersTo → Provisional Government of the Irish Free State ⓘ
linked to: Provisional Government of Ireland
Irish National Army → foundedBy → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
Dublin Guard → allegiance → Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ