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 (3)

Label Occurrences
pro-Treaty IRA canonical 3
pro-Treaty Sinn Féin 1
pro-Treaty movement 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 (5)

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 ⓘ
Thomas F. O'Higgins → movement → pro-Treaty movement ⓘ
linked to: pro-Treaty IRA