Irish Army Mutiny

Irish Army Mutiny

Maj. Gen Liam Tobin, a leading figure in the Army Mutiny.
DateMarch 1924
Location
Dublin, Irish Free State
Result

Government victory

  • Mutiny ends with no major fighting
  • government authority over the military reaffirmed
  • Richard Mulcahy later resigns
Belligerents
National Army Irish Free State Government
Commanders and leaders
Liam Tobin
Charles Dalton		 W. T. Cosgrave
Kevin O'Higgins
Richard Mulcahy
Eoin O'Duffy
Strength
40–60 National Army officers vast majority of the National Army

The Army Mutiny was an Irish Army crisis in March 1924 provoked by a proposed reduction in army numbers in the immediate post-Civil War period. A second grievance concerned the handling of the Northern Boundary problem. As the prelude to a coup d'état, the decisions made by influential politicians and soldiers at the time have continuing significance for the Government of Ireland.

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