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The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project

The project, conducted by UCC and RTÉ, and funded under the Government of Ireland's Decade of Centenaries Programme 2023.

About the Irish Civil War Fatalities Project

Dangerous road: Civil War fatalities in County Tipperary

Tipperary was the scene of fierce battles and deadly ambushes in the Civil War, as Denis G. Marnane explains.

A complex county: Civil War deaths in Cork

It was the most violent area of Ireland in the War of Independence. But in the Civil War, Cork saw much lower fatalities, as John Borgonovo explains.

Buried quietly: the republican dead of the Civil War

They were slightly older, a little better off and more often of rural origin than their pro-Treaty counterparts. And in later years their memories became part of the official narrative of independence, as John Dorney explains.

Death and killing in the Irish Civil War

A groundbreaking new project shows the full scale of death during the 1922-1923 conflict. Its authors Andy Bielenberg and John Dorney explain the findings.

"Speaking their names": the Military Archives fatalities roll

in the decades that followed Irish independence, Civil War commemoration was complicated, and the National Army death toll was relatively unexamined. But now things have changed, as Lisa Dolan, Archivist at the Military Archives, explains.

Anti-Treaty stronghold: Civil War deaths in Mayo

There was scarcely any National Army presence when Civil War broke out - and this anti-Treaty stronghold held out until the end of the war, as Joost Augusteijn explains

The most violent county: Civil War deaths in Kerry

It was the most violent part of the country during the Civil War. Owen O'Shea tells how Kerry became the site of the conflict's most extreme violence.

'Fierce and atrocious': Civil War deaths in Donegal

It was the site of one of the most infamous reprisal shootings of the conflict. Pauric Travers tells the story of how the Civil War affected Donegal.

Southern danger: Civil War deaths in Wexford

During the Civil War Wexford experienced a far greater loss of life than during the War of Independence. But the south of the county saw much more lethal violence, as Aaron Ó Maonaigh explains.

All walks of life: civilian fatalities in the Civil War

One of the defining features of the Irish Civil War was the relatively low level of civilian fatalities. But who were the civilians who perished in the conflict, and how did they die? Andy Bielenberg explains.

Unintended victims: child casualties of the Irish Civil War

The youngest victim of the Civil War was just two years old. Helene O'Keeffe explains how children ended up caught in the conflict.

The deadliest county: Civil War fatalities in Dublin

More people were killed in Dublin than in any other county during the Civil War. But as John Dorney explains, the figures may overstate the capital's role in the conflict.

The largest losses: National Army casualties in the Civil War

The National Army saw the greatest losses of any group during the Irish Civil War, but the details of those men and their deaths has not been fully investigated until now, as Jack Kavanagh explains.

Teenage soldiers and armoured cars: Civil War fatalities in Sligo

The average age of people killed in the Civil War in Sligo was just eighteen. Frank Fagan explains how the conflict affected the county.

Civil War backwater? Fatalities in County Clare

Although it saw terrible violence during the War of Independence, during the Civil War Clare had the lowest fatality rate of any Munster County. But as Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc explains, that didn't mean it was peaceful.

Northern Ireland: Civil War, 'pogrom' and Specials' ineptitude

Battle, reprisals, accidents, murder: Limerick's Civil War deaths

The Battle for Limerick city was one of the most significant events of the Civil War's first phase. And as John O'Callaghan explains, more than half the deaths in the county took place during that period in 1922.