Irregulars

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The Irregulars were members of the anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army who opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and fought against the pro-Treaty forces during the Irish Civil War.

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Label Occurrences
Irregulars canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican paramilitary group ⓘ
anti-Treaty IRA faction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Republican Irregulars ⓘ
anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
conflict Irish Civil War ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
endTime 1923 ⓘ
followedBy Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) ⓘ
goal establishment of an all-Ireland republic ⓘ
hasLeader Ernie O’Malley ⓘ
linked to: Ernie O'Malley

Frank Aiken ⓘ
Liam Lynch ⓘ
Liam Mellows ⓘ
Rory O’Connor ⓘ
Tom Barry ⓘ
Éamon de Valera ⓘ
hasRole anti-Treaty combatants ⓘ
ideology Irish nationalism ⓘ
Irish republicanism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
notableStronghold Four Courts, Dublin ⓘ
Munster ⓘ
western Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Western Ireland
opposed Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
Irish Free State ⓘ
pro-Treaty forces ⓘ
opposedBy National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
pro-Treaty IRA ⓘ
partOf Irish Republican Army ⓘ
politicalWing Sinn Féin (anti-Treaty faction) ⓘ
linked to: Sinn Féin
precededBy pre-Treaty Irish Republican Army ⓘ
reasonForName term used by pro-Treaty side to describe anti-Treaty forces ⓘ
result ceasefire in 1923 ⓘ
dump arms order in 1923 ⓘ
military defeat ⓘ
significantEvent Liam Lynch’s death in 1923 ⓘ
occupation of the Four Courts in Dublin ⓘ
outbreak of the Irish Civil War ⓘ
shelling of the Four Courts by Free State forces ⓘ
startTime 1922 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
timePeriod 1922–1923 ⓘ
usedTactic ambushes ⓘ
bombing campaigns ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ

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