Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Civil War
- When the Pro-Treaty candidates were elected in
1922 the IRA split into 2 groups.
- Pro-Treaty = the Free Staters
- The Anti-Treaty = the Irregulars
- The war begins: In April the
Irregulars captured the four courts.
- Michael Collins then ordered
the Free State Army to shell
the courts.
- The war ended in May but
not before the death of
Michael Collins and Arthur
Griffith.
- The War created a feeling
of hatred b/w The Republic
of Ireland and Northern
Ireland.
- After The Civil War the pro-treaty
Sinn Féin members formed a new
political group - Cumann na
nGaedheal