Erse Ceevil 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
Date 28 Juin 1922 – 24 Mey 1923 (10 months, 3 weeks an 5 days) Location Erse Free State Result Pro-Treaty victory Confirmation o Erse Free State Defeat o Anti-Treaty forces
Belligerents
Pro-treaty forces: Erse Naitional Airmy Erse Air Service Erse Navy CID (including Citizens' Defence Force) Supportit bi:  Unitit Kinrick	Anti-treaty forces: Erse Republican Airmy Cumann na mBan Na Fianna Éireann
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

1. Michael Hopkinson, Green Against Green, pp. 272–273
2. Paul V Walsh, The Irish Civil War – A study of the conventional phase
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/northern_ireland/history/64206.stm