Republican forces (Irish Civil War)

Target entity: Republican forces (Irish Civil War)
Context triple: [anti-Treaty IRA, alsoKnownAs, Republican forces (Irish Civil War)]

• A. Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
  The Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) was the guerrilla military organization of Irish republicans that fought British rule in Ireland and sought to establish an independent Irish republic during the early 20th century.
• B. Irish Civil War
  The Irish Civil War was a 1922–1923 conflict between pro- and anti-Treaty forces in Ireland that followed independence from Britain and shaped the country’s subsequent political landscape.
• C. Republican forces
  Republican forces were the military units loyal to the democratically elected Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, comprising a mix of regular army troops, militias, and international volunteers fighting against the Nationalist rebels.
• D. Irish Volunteers
  The Irish Volunteers were a nationalist paramilitary organization founded in 1913 that played a central role in the struggle for Irish independence, including the 1916 Easter Rising and the subsequent War of Independence.
• E. Irish Confederates
  The Irish Confederates were a coalition of Irish Catholic nobles, clergy, and military leaders who governed much of Ireland and fought to defend Catholic interests and Irish autonomy during the mid-17th-century conflicts known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Republican forces (Irish Civil War)
Target entity description: Republican forces (Irish Civil War) were the anti-Treaty Irish republican fighters who opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the establishment of the Irish Free State during the 1922–1923 conflict.

• A. Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
  The Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) was the guerrilla military organization of Irish republicans that fought British rule in Ireland and sought to establish an independent Irish republic during the early 20th century.
• B. Irish Civil War
  The Irish Civil War was a 1922–1923 conflict between pro- and anti-Treaty forces in Ireland that followed independence from Britain and shaped the country’s subsequent political landscape.
• C. Republican forces
  Republican forces were the military units loyal to the democratically elected Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, comprising a mix of regular army troops, militias, and international volunteers fighting against the Nationalist rebels.
• D. Irish Volunteers
  The Irish Volunteers were a nationalist paramilitary organization founded in 1913 that played a central role in the struggle for Irish independence, including the 1916 Easter Rising and the subsequent War of Independence.
• E. Irish Confederates
  The Irish Confederates were a coalition of Irish Catholic nobles, clergy, and military leaders who governed much of Ireland and fought to defend Catholic interests and Irish autonomy during the mid-17th-century conflicts known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
• F. None of above. chosen