pro-Treaty IRA

E311997

The pro-Treaty IRA was the faction of the Irish Republican Army that supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty, backing the establishment of the Irish Free State and forming the core of its new National Army.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
pro-Treaty IRA canonical 3
pro-Treaty Sinn Féin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf faction of the Irish Republican Army
military organization
activeIn Irish Civil War
allegiance Irish Free State
Provisional Government of Ireland
alsoKnownAs Free State Army
linked to: Free State forces

National Army (provisional)
linked to: National Army
areaOfOperations Irish Free State territory
linked to: Irish Free State
basedIn Dublin
commander Michael Collins
Richard Mulcahy
conflict Irish Civil War
country Ireland
endTime 1924
followedBy National Army of the Irish Free State
formedCoreOf National Army of the Irish Free State
historicalContext transition from British rule to Irish Free State
historicalPeriod post-independence Ireland
ideology Irish nationalism
pro-Treaty republicanism
language English
Irish
leader Michael Collins
Richard Mulcahy
legalStatus armed forces of the Provisional Government
notableEngagement Battle of Dublin (1922)
Munster offensive (1922)
operations in County Cork during the Irish Civil War
siege of Limerick (1922)
opposedBy anti-Treaty IRA
opposedGoalOf Irish Republic as claimed by anti-Treaty IRA
partOf Irish Republican Army
precededBy Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
primaryObjective defence of the Irish Free State
implementation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
primaryOpponents anti-Treaty IRA units
recruitedFrom Irish Republican Army volunteers
Irish Republican Brotherhood members
significantEvent formal integration into the National Army of the Irish Free State
startTime 1922
supported Anglo-Irish Treaty
Irish Free State
supportedCompromiseWith United Kingdom
transformedInto Irish Free State Army
usedEquipment armoured cars
artillery
small arms

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

anti-Treaty IRA separatedFrom pro-Treaty IRA
Cumann na nGaedheal precededBy pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
linked to: pro-Treaty IRA
Irregulars opposedBy pro-Treaty IRA