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The Occupation of the Four Courts

Historian John Dorney explains what happened when anti-Treaty forces occupied the Four Courts in summer 1922 - and when the National Army decided to remove them by force

The Great Irish Famine

Famine Ireland

After the Famine

The Lockout

Ireland and The Great War

From the RTÉ Archives: Irish memories of WW1

Gallipoli

The 1916 Rising

Overview

The 1918 General Election

The First Dáil

Soloheadbeg

De Valera in America

The Dáil Ban

Suppression of Cumann na mBan

Hunger Strikes

The Munitions Strike

The death of Terence MacSwiney

Bloody Sunday

Martial Law

The Burning of Cork

The Border

The burning of the Custom House

Northern Ireland's parliament opens

The Truce

The Treaty

Transfer of Power

IRA Convention

The Pact Election

The Battle of Dublin

The Conventional Phase

The Sea Landings

The death of Michael Collins

Guerrilla warfare

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Civil War Ireland then and now: Collins's funeral

Why the trench coat became the garment of choice for IRA fighters

How one woman changed the Irish equestrian world forever

Histrionix: There's a new show about old things!

De Valera's warnings - read an extract from A Bitter Winter

Little Republics: The Story of Bungalow Bliss - read an extract

In The Picture: Imagining Conflict at the National Museum

In The Picture: The Midden Collective at the Luan Gallery

The man from Co Meath who had at least 10 funerals

The Irish Wimbledon finalist who was convicted of murder

Beyond the Bullets: making the new documentary series

Irish history on RTE television

How a small Irish town became a Civil War battleground

Could Michael Collins have avoided Civil War?

Sentenced to death: the Civil War executions

Settling scores: everyday violence during the Civil War

War of words: censorship and propaganda during the Civil War

History on video

The Occupation of the Four Courts

Playlist

The Occupation of the Four Courts

How did Victorian artists depict the Famine?

De Valera in America

The RIC

The Dáil Ban

The First Dáil

Cumann na mBan

History in pictures: themed image galleries and exhibitions

The War of Independence in colour series

Black Women in History

War of Independence lives: meet the people who changed history

The History Show on RTE Radio 1

Watch and listen

Wall of Silence: Memory and the Civil War

A two minute guide to the Battle of the Four Courts

The Famine Monologues: explore the podcast drama series

The Famine explained: origins and effects

Ireland, Empire, and the Early Modern World: watch the lectures

The Hunger: watch the documentary here

The Irish Revolution: watch the documentary series

History resources for secondary teachers and students

The Great Irish Famine

The War of Independence

The Civil War

From the RTÉ Archives