Erse Ceevil War
(Reguidit frae Erse Civil War)
The Erse Ceevil War wis a war focht in Ireland atween the Erse Airmy an the IRA frae 1922 tae 1923. The war follaed frae the Erse War o Independence an cam oot o a disagreement ower the signin o the Anglo-Erse Treaty. Ae side wis pro-treaty (Free State) an the ither anti-treaty (IRA). The war wis won bi the Free State.
Erse Ceevil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Supportit bi: | |||||||
Commanders an leaders | |||||||
Michael Collins† Richard Mulcahy |
Liam Lynch† Frank Aiken | ||||||
Strenth | |||||||
Naitional Airmy: ~55,000 soldiers an 3,500 afficers bi end o the war, Air Service: 10 planes, Erse Navy: 1 ship, CID: 350 | ~15,000 | ||||||
Casualties an losses | |||||||
~800 Erse Naitional Airmy killed 3 Garda Síochána killed 4 CID an 2 Civic Guard (Accident/killed/DOW) |
unkent ~1,000–3,000 killed ~12,000 taken preesoner[1] | ||||||
Civilians: unkent, ~250 casualties in Dublin alone[2] Tot Casualties 5000 [3] |
References
eedit- ↑ Michael Hopkinson, Green Against Green, pp. 272–273
- ↑ Paul V Walsh, The Irish Civil War – A study of the conventional phase
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/northern_ireland/history/64206.stm