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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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Family resemblances: the Irish Civil War in context

The Irishwoman who became an American tennis star in the 1890s

Crochet, cards and céilís: Civil War women behind bars

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

'The Mainstay of the Trouble': imprisonment of 'suspect women'

Will the real St Brigid please stand up?

Bitter enemies: the guerrilla phase of the Civil War

Hidden away: the treatment of Civil War internees

So you've found some priceless treasure buried in the garden...

All you need to know about medieval cats

Who were the Irish who moved to La Rochelle in the 17th century?

Among equals? How independent Ireland interacted with the world

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

Explore the Irish Civil War project

The Irish Civil War: The Making of the Documentary

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