Irish Civil War
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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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irish Civil War canonical | 86 |
| Irish Civil War (1922–1923) | 2 |
| Anti-Treaty forces | 1 |
| Irish Civil War (border campaigns) | 1 |
| Irish Civil War in County Cork | 1 |
| Irish Free State offensive in 1922 | 1 |
| Kerry campaign (Irish Civil War) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T134386 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Irish Civil War Context triple: [Interwar period, hasPart, Irish Civil War]
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A.
Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence was a guerrilla conflict (1919–1921) between Irish republican forces and British authorities that led to the establishment of the Irish Free State and the partition of Ireland.
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B.
Irish Confederate Wars
The Irish Confederate Wars were a series of interconnected conflicts in 17th-century Ireland involving Irish Catholic Confederates, English Royalists, and Parliamentarians, forming the Irish theater of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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C.
The Troubles
The Troubles was a decades-long ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland, marked by violent clashes among republican and loyalist paramilitaries, the British state, and local communities from the late 1960s to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
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D.
Bishops' Wars
The Bishops' Wars were a pair of mid-17th-century conflicts between Charles I and Scotland over attempts to impose Anglican religious practices, helping trigger the broader Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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E.
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-sided conflict from 1917 to the early 1920s between the Bolshevik Red Army and various anti-Bolshevik and nationalist forces that determined the establishment and consolidation of Soviet power.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Irish Civil War Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence was a guerrilla conflict (1919–1921) between Irish republican forces and British authorities that led to the establishment of the Irish Free State and the partition of Ireland.
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B.
Irish Confederate Wars
The Irish Confederate Wars were a series of interconnected conflicts in 17th-century Ireland involving Irish Catholic Confederates, English Royalists, and Parliamentarians, forming the Irish theater of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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C.
The Troubles
The Troubles was a decades-long ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland, marked by violent clashes among republican and loyalist paramilitaries, the British state, and local communities from the late 1960s to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
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D.
Bishops' Wars
The Bishops' Wars were a pair of mid-17th-century conflicts between Charles I and Scotland over attempts to impose Anglican religious practices, helping trigger the broader Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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E.
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-sided conflict from 1917 to the early 1920s between the Bolshevik Red Army and various anti-Bolshevik and nationalist forces that determined the establishment and consolidation of Soviet power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed conflict
ⓘ
civil war ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Irish Civil War
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Anti-Treaty forces
National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ Pro-Treaty forces ⓘ anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ |
| cause |
Anglo-Irish Treaty
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disagreement over status of Irish Free State ⓘ oath of allegiance to the British monarch ⓘ partition of Ireland ⓘ |
| commander |
Eoin O'Duffy
ⓘ
Frank Aiken ⓘ Liam Lynch ⓘ Michael Collins ⓘ Richard Mulcahy ⓘ Éamon de Valera ⓘ |
| conflictType | internal conflict ⓘ |
| country | Irish Free State ⓘ |
| deathTollEstimate |
approximately 1500–2000 combatants killed
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significant civilian casualties ⓘ |
| endDate | 1923-05-24 ⓘ |
| followedBy | political dominance of Cumann na nGaedheal and later Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil ⓘ |
| ideologicalConflict | pro-Treaty vs anti-Treaty republicanism ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| legalConsequence | Public Safety Acts and emergency powers in Irish Free State ⓘ |
| partOf |
Irish War of Independence
ⓘ
surface form:
Irish revolutionary period
history of Ireland ⓘ |
| place | Ireland ⓘ |
| politicalConsequence |
entrenchment of two-party system in Irish politics
ⓘ
eventual formation of Fianna Fáil ⓘ formation of Cumann na nGaedheal ⓘ long-term split in Irish republican movement ⓘ |
| precededBy | Irish War of Independence ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anglo-Irish Treaty
ⓘ
Irish Free State ⓘ anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Republican Army
partition of Ireland ⓘ |
| result |
Pro-Treaty victory
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consolidation of Irish Free State ⓘ defeat of anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
anti-Treaty IRA ceasefire of April 1923
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death of Michael Collins at Béal na Bláth ⓘ execution of republican prisoners by Free State ⓘ order to dump arms by Frank Aiken ⓘ shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin ⓘ |
| startDate | 1922-06-28 ⓘ |
| temporalContext |
20th century
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interwar period ⓘ |
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Subject: Irish Civil War Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (93)
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