The paper strength of the IRA in early 1922 was over 72,000 men, but most of them were recruited during the truce with the British and fought in neither the War of Independence nor the Civil War.
På papiret havde IRA i begyndelsen hele 72 000 mand, men de fleste af dem var blevet rekruteret under våbenhvilen og kæmpede hverken i uafhængighedskrigen eller borgerkrigen.