Pro-Treaty forces

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Pro-Treaty forces were the Irish government and military units that supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and formed the core of the National Army fighting to establish the Irish Free State.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pro-Treaty Army 1
Pro-Treaty forces canonical 1
pro-Treaty forces 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf belligerent in civil war
military faction
political faction
allegiance Irish Free State Executive Council
Provisional Government of Ireland
alsoKnownAs Free State forces
National Army
casusBelli implementation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
conflict Irish Civil War
coreOf National Army (Irish Free State)
country Irish Free State
endTime 1923
followedBy Irish Defence Forces
formedFrom Irish Republican Army
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
goal establish Irish Free State
implement Anglo-Irish Treaty
headquarters Dublin
ideology Irish nationalism
support for dominion status
language English
Irish
leader Michael Collins
Richard Mulcahy
legalStatus armed forces of the Irish Free State
militaryBranch Irish Free State Army
National Army (Irish Free State)
notableBattle Battle of Cork (1922)
Battle of Dublin (1922)
Kerry campaign (Irish Civil War)
linked to: Irish Civil War

Limerick fighting (1922)
opposedBy Anti-Treaty forces
Irregulars
partOf Irish Free State government
linked to: Irish Free State
politicalLeader W. T. Cosgrave
politicalWing Cumann na nGaedheal
Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
linked to: Cumann na nGaedheal
precededBy Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
significantEvent shelling of the Four Courts
startTime 1922
status victorious side in the Irish Civil War
supported Anglo-Irish Treaty
territory Irish Free State
timePeriod 20th century
usedEquipment armoured cars
artillery supplied by the United Kingdom
rifles supplied by the United Kingdom
usedTactic conventional warfare
counter-insurgency operations
seaborne landings on Anti-Treaty areas

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Irish Civil War belligerent Pro-Treaty forces
National Army of the Irish Free State alsoKnownAs Pro-Treaty Army
linked to: Pro-Treaty forces
shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin combatant pro-Treaty forces
linked to: Pro-Treaty forces