Irish Republican Police Poilíní Poblachtacha na hÉireann | |
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Abbreviation | IRP |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1920 |
Dissolved | 1922 |
Superseding agency | Civic Guard |
Legal personality | Police force |
Jurisdictional structure | |
National agency | Irish Republic |
Operations jurisdiction | Irish Republic |
Map of Ireland, 1911 | |
Size | 84,421 km2 (32,595 sq mi) |
Population | 4.3 million |
General nature |
The Irish Republican Police (IRP) was the police force of the 1919–1922 Irish Republic and was administered by the Department for Home Affairs of that government.