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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

The Irish Free State

The arrest of Liam Deasy

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Civil War Ireland then and now: O'Connell St ambulance

How the Treaty caused an irrevocable split in Cumann na mBan

Why Irish migrants rioted in Toronto on St Patrick's Day 1875

Battling Siki's Dublin boxing adventure on St Patrick's Day 1923

The Legend Of Saint Patrick

What 19th century travel guides had to say about Ireland

A riotous bunch: what happened to Civil War internees

Explore women's history on RTE History

What happened during Kerry's 'Terror Month'?

Workers unite! Communists and the Irish Civil War

Crochet, cards and céilís: Civil War women behind bars

Making peace: how people on all sides tried to end the Civil War

Bitter enemies: the guerrilla phase of the Civil War

Hidden away: the treatment of Civil War internees

"It's part of who we are today": today's kids and 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

A three minute guide to social class and the Civil War divide

A three minute guide to the Battle of Dublin

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

History resources for secondary teachers and students

The Great Irish Famine

The War of Independence

The Civil War

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