History: RTÉ

The Distress Papers: a letter from Trevelyan

The Distress Papers in the National Archives of Ireland give us a glimpse of the people and stories behind the grim statistics. In this series, ...

History • 20 hrs

How the War of Independence played out across the country

Not all of the people or places on the island of Ireland participated uniformly in the War of Independence. John O'Callaghan explains how the war ...

History • 08 Jul

The History Show on the founding of Northern Ireland

History • 21 Jun

Soldiers on the streets of Belleek in 1921

Northern Ireland 1921-1925: a state of emergency

The early years of Northern Ireland were marked by violence, fear and distrust. Robert Lynch tells the story of a troubled beginning

History • 21 Jun

Century Ireland on the origins of Northern Ireland

History • 18 Jun

Gunplot: the story of an Irish scandal

History • 17 Jun

Miriam O'Callaghan during the making of the new documentary, meeting Billy Kohner

Border Lives: Miriam O'Callaghan on a century of personal stories

As part of RTÉ's ongoing Decade of Centenaries coverage, Miriam O'Callaghan has authored a new documentary on the lives of some of those caught up ...

History • 17 Jun

Michael Portillo and Michael Laffan in Kings Hall Belfast

Partition, 1921: the story behind the new documentary

A new documentary,? Partition, 1921, tells the story of how Ireland came to be to be partitioned from the perspective of the politicians who divided ...

History • 17 Jun

The Distress Papers: a charitable list

The Distress Papers in the National Archives of Ireland give us a glimpse of the people and stories behind the grim statistics. In this series, ...

History • 10 Jun

The Distress Papers: a road to nowhere

The Distress Papers in the National Archives of Ireland give us a glimpse of the people and stories behind the grim statistics. In this series, ...

History • 03 Jun

New section: find out more about the Custom House Fire

History • 03 Jun

Emmet Dalton remembers the Custom House fire

History • 03 Jun

Children gather stones on the streets of Belfast, circa 1920. Photo: Getty Images

"An orgy of violence": sectarianism in the War of Independence

Those who died in the north east of Ireland during the War of Independence were overwhelmingly civilians, and the violence, as Robert Lynch explains, had ...

History • 21 Jun