National Army

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The National Army was the pro-Treaty military force of the Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War, formed to support the Anglo-Irish Treaty and establish the new government’s authority.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military force ⓘ
activeDuring 1922 ⓘ
1923 ⓘ
allegiance Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Free State Army ⓘ
linked to: Free State forces

Provisional Government forces ⓘ
commander Eoin O'Duffy ⓘ
Michael Collins ⓘ
Richard Mulcahy ⓘ
conflict Irish Civil War ⓘ
country Irish Free State ⓘ
countryDuringService Irish Free State ⓘ
disestablished 1924 ⓘ
engagedIn counter-insurgency operations ⓘ
followedBy Irish Defence Forces ⓘ
formedTo establish the authority of the Irish Free State government ⓘ
support the Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
function defeat anti-Treaty forces ⓘ
maintain internal security of the Irish Free State ⓘ
governmentBranch Ministry of Defence of the Irish Free State ⓘ
headquarters Dublin ⓘ
historicalEra interwar period ⓘ
ideology pro-Treaty ⓘ
integratedInto Irish Defence Forces ⓘ
legalBasis Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 ⓘ
loyalty Irish Free State government ⓘ
notableOperation Munster offensive ⓘ
retaking of Dublin in 1922 ⓘ
seaborne landings on the Cork and Kerry coasts ⓘ
opposed anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
origin pro-Treaty elements of the IRA ⓘ
partOf history of the Irish Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) ⓘ
primaryOpponent Irish Republican Army (anti-Treaty) ⓘ
primaryTheatreOfOperations Ireland ⓘ
recruitmentBase former IRA volunteers ⓘ
new volunteers loyal to the Treaty ⓘ
region Ireland ⓘ
role armed forces of the Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
supported Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
symbol Irish tricolour ⓘ
type land forces ⓘ
usedTactics conventional warfare ⓘ
guerrilla warfare countermeasures ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Pro-Treaty forces → alsoKnownAs → National Army ⓘ
Free State forces → hasPart → National Army ⓘ
pro-Treaty IRA → alsoKnownAs → National Army (provisional) ⓘ
linked to: National Army
Battle of Dublin → belligerent → National Army ⓘ
Irish National Army → alsoKnownAs → National Army ⓘ
Kerry campaign (Irish Civil War) → involves → National Army units ⓘ
linked to: National Army
Munster offensive → combatant → National Army ⓘ