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Bloody Sunday: from Michael Collins to Croke Park

Find out about the day of violence that changed Irish history

A ticket for the game at which 14 people were killed

Death in Croke Park: an interactive map tells the story

Vincent Byrne, seen here in 1987, the last surviving member of the Squad who carried out assassinations on Bloody Sunday 1920. He killed Lieutenants Bennett and Aimes in Upper Mount Street

Deaths in Dublin: mapping the assassinations

Michael Collins, whose actions changed the course of the War

The Squad: Michael Collins and Bloody Sunday

Tom Hogan's coat and other exhibits from the GAA Museum

The GAA Museum: Remembering Bloody Sunday 1920

Croke Park the day after Bloody Sunday. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Ninety seconds of horror: Croke Park on Bloody Sunday

Michael Collins, Mr Dunphy and Harry Boland, at a GAA hurling match at Croke Park, Dublin 1921. Michael Collins and Harry Boland are both holding hurleys.Image: RTE Archives

Changing sides: the GAA and the War of Independence

Century Ireland: Bloody Sunday, Kilmichael ambush and mutiny

Kevin Barry

How Cumann na mBan paid tribute to Kevin Barry's mother

Sean Treacy

Seán Treacy: a life - and death - in images

Terence MacSwiney on his deathbed, as depicted in the French publication Le Petit Journal

How MacSwiney's hunger strike drew international attention

Alice Ball from Black Women in History by Charlot Kristensen

Black Women in History

Constance Markievicz

The Decade of Centenaries presents the Pop-up Women's Museum

Image from the Irish Revolution documentary series

Irish history on RTE television

The Irish Revolution: watch the documentary series

Two minute guides to...

The RIC

Mary McAulliffe on the changing role of the R.I.C. during the War of Independence

The RIC

Mary McAulliffe on the changing role of the R.I.C. during the War of Independence

The Dáil Ban

John Borgonovo on how the ban backfired on the British

The First Dáil

Helene O'Keeffe on the first TDs

Cumann na mBan

Helene O'Keeffe on the crucial role women played in the War of Independence

May Gibney, courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol Museum/OPW

History in pictures: themed image galleries and exhibitions

Colourised image

The War of Independence in colour series

Elizabeth Mernin

War of Independence lives: meet the people who changed history

The History Show on RTE Radio 1

Bringing the past to life with Myles Dungan and guests

From the RTÉ Archives

"Nothing Else Mattered": Sighle Humpreys of Cumann na mBan

What was it like to be involved in Cumann na mBan during its first revolutionary decade? In this 1984 interview, Sighle Humphreys shares her memories.

Earnán de Blaghd, Robert Barton and James Ryan (1969)

Standing For An Irish Parliament

Maire Comerford remembers the first meeting of the Dáil

Dan Breen on the Soloheadbeg ambush

About the War of Independence project

The War of Independence project is a partnership between RTÉ History, the Department of Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht and The Atlas of the Irish Revolution

RTE History

World War 1

Gallipoli: An Irish Story

The 1916 Rising

Century Ireland

Discover the history of your land

History on Brainstorm

Bobby Kennedy on the campaign trail: "After JFK's death, the political career of his brother came to be of interest." Photo: Wally McNamee /Corbis via Getty Images

From racism to politics, how Irish diplomats saw 1960s' America

"The past year has demonstrated how quickly infectious diseases can spread in an interconnected world"

How the movement of people has always spread infections

Sinn Féin's TDs line up after the 2020 general election

A guide to the many groups who've used the Sinn Féin name

Maud Gonne McBride: "the relevance of the movement's proposals to contemporary circumstances is easily discernible"

Maud Gonne and the 1930s' movement for basic income in Ireland

Shannon airport in 1963: the Irish government dealt with requests for searches of Cuban and Eastern Bloc flights that landed at Shannon airport en route to Cuba during the missile crisis. Photo: Ponzini Family/ Getty Images

How did Ireland deal with Russia during the Cold War years?

"The motion was unanimously approved and the Hogan Stand was named, with a plaque unveiled in 1926". Photo: Capuchin Annual 1965

Why was the GAA uncomfortable remembering Bloody Sunday victims?

Bloody Sunday 1920

A replica of the jersey worn by the Tipperary team who played Dublin in Croke Park in 1920

The story of Bloody Sunday and Tipperary football's rise and fall

Bloody Sunday 1920

"Fighting against the prohibition of Christmas was a political act". Image: David Teniers II's Twelfth-night (The King Drinks)

The year Christmas was banned in Ireland and Britain

The front page of the Evening Herald on November 22nd 1920 with coverage of the Bloody Sunday events in Dublin. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Debunking some of the myths around Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday 1920

Fr Michael Griffin: "the priest's disappearance into a howling storm 100 years ago was shrouded in mystery" Photo: Wikipedia Creative Commons

The strange, gruesome murder of a Galway priest 100 years ago

Guinness is good for trade. Photo: RTÉ Stills Library

The year Guinness wanted to reclassify beer as a foodstuff

Roger Casement: "the British were wary that such an exhumation and repatriation might create an undesirable precedent"

The behind the scenes story of Roger Casement's homecoming