Irish Free State police forces

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The Irish Free State police forces were the state’s law enforcement bodies responsible for maintaining public order and implementing government security policies during the early years of Irish independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf law enforcement agency ⓘ
state security apparatus ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State ⓘ
country Irish Free State ⓘ
endTime 1937 ⓘ
followedBy police forces of Ireland ⓘ
hasComponent An Garda Síochána ⓘ
linked to: Garda Síochána

Civic Guard ⓘ
Coastal and Marine Service police elements ⓘ
Criminal Investigation Department (Irish Free State) ⓘ
Dublin Metropolitan Police ⓘ
National Army military police ⓘ
linked to: military police

Oriel House CID ⓘ
Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps ⓘ
Special Branch (Irish Free State) ⓘ
hasPrimaryForce An Garda Síochána ⓘ
linked to: Garda Síochána
headquartersLocation Dublin ⓘ
historyPeriod early years of Irish independence ⓘ
legalBasis Irish Free State Constitution of 1922 ⓘ
public safety legislation of the Irish Free State ⓘ
locatedIn Ireland ⓘ
mandate enforce laws of the Irish Free State ⓘ
maintain public order ⓘ
protect state institutions ⓘ
operatedDuring Irish Civil War ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
partOf Irish Free State government ⓘ
replaced Dublin Metropolitan Police ⓘ
Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ
responsibleFor counter-insurgency ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
law enforcement ⓘ
political security ⓘ
public order ⓘ
significantEvent amalgamation of Dublin Metropolitan Police with Garda Síochána in 1925 ⓘ
creation of the Civic Guard in 1922 ⓘ
disbandment of the Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ
implementation of Public Safety Acts ⓘ
security operations against anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
startTime 1922 ⓘ
supervisedBy Irish Free State Executive Council ⓘ
Minister for Home Affairs (Irish Free State) ⓘ
Minister for Justice (Irish Free State) ⓘ
usedEquipment motor vehicles ⓘ
small arms ⓘ
telegraph and telephone communications ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ

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Oriel House CID → partOf → Irish Free State police apparatus ⓘ
linked to: Irish Free State police forces