Minister for Defence of the Irish Free State

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The Minister for Defence of the Irish Free State was the cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing the newly established state's military and defence policy in the years following Irish independence.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish Army general ⓘ
Irish politician ⓘ
government ministerial office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State ⓘ
appointedBy Governor-General of the Irish Free State ⓘ
associatedWith Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922 ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional office ⓘ
country Irish Free State ⓘ
countryCapital Dublin ⓘ
dissolutionDate 1937 ⓘ
endPeriod 1937 ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder Richard Mulcahy ⓘ
formationDate 1922 ⓘ
governingBody Department of Defence (Irish Free State) ⓘ
historicalContext Irish Civil War ⓘ
post-independence Ireland ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
jurisdictionEstablishedBy Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
Constitution of the Irish Free State ⓘ
languageOfOfficialTitle English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
legislatedBy Oireachtas of the Irish Free State ⓘ
memberOf Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
nominatedBy President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Desmond FitzGerald ⓘ
Frank Aiken ⓘ
P. J. Ruttledge ⓘ
Richard Mulcahy ⓘ
officeHeldByHeadOf Department of Defence (Irish Free State) ⓘ
officeLocation Dublin Castle ⓘ
Government Buildings, Dublin ⓘ
officeType defence ministry ⓘ
partOf Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
portfolio military affairs ⓘ
national defence ⓘ
positionHeld Minister for Defence of the Irish Free State ⓘ
precededBy Secretary of State for War (United Kingdom) ⓘ
replacedBy Minister for Defence (Ireland) ⓘ
reportsTo Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Oireachtas of the Irish Free State ⓘ
responsibleFor Irish Free State armed forces ⓘ
linked to: Irish National Army

Irish National Army ⓘ
defence policy of the Irish Free State ⓘ
military administration of the Irish Free State ⓘ
seat Dublin ⓘ
startPeriod 1922 ⓘ
successorState Ireland ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Richard Mulcahy → positionHeld → Minister for Defence of the Irish Free State ⓘ
National Army (Irish Free State) → governmentBranch → Ministry of Defence of the Irish Free State ⓘ
subject linked to: National Army
linked to: Minister for Defence of the Irish Free State
Cathal Brugha → positionHeld → Minister for Defence of the Irish Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Charles William St John Burgess
linked to: Minister for Defence of the Irish Free State
Minister for Defence of the Irish Free State → replacedBy → Minister for Defence (Ireland) ⓘ
linked to: Minister for Defence of the Irish Free State
Chief of Staff (Ireland) → reportsTo → Minister for Defence (Ireland) ⓘ
subject linked to: Chief of Staff
linked to: Minister for Defence of the Irish Free State
Thomas F. O'Higgins → positionHeld → Minister for Defence of the Irish Free State ⓘ