What happened when Éamon de Valera toured America during the start of the War of Independence

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.

Civil War Fatalities • 29 Mar 24

North Wexford flying column. Image courtesy of the Michael Fitzpatrick Collection

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.

Civil War Fatalities • 28 Mar 24

Christy McLynn, the Republican driver of the 'Ballinalee' armoured car during the Republican capture of Ballina. Photo reproduced by kind permission of Padraig Kilgannon.

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 Fatalities • 28 Mar 24

Brothers Denis and Edward O'Dwyer, who were killed in 1922. Courtesy of the Military Archives

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.

Civil War Fatalities • 28 Mar 24

The Conventional Phase

The Conventional Phase was the first part of the Irish Civil War, characterised by battles and sieges all over Ireland. Michael Collins became commander in chief of the National Army

Civil War • 20 Jul 22

Soldiers on board the SS Lady Wicklow watching land for snipers as they approach Passage West, Cork in August 1922. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

What was the Conventional Phase of the Civil War?

There were two phases to the Civil War. The first is known as the Conventional phase - and it was more dramatic than its name suggests, as Helene O'Keeffe explains.

Conventional Phase • 11 Aug 22

The "battlefield gate" in Moneygurney, the location of a doomed "last stand" made by some of the IRA defenders. Photo: Sara Nylund for the Landscapes of Revolution Project

Bullet holes and battlefields: archaeology of the Battle for Cork

Traces of the Civil War can be found in bullet holes that mark buildings and gateposts around Ireland But this period has been comparatively ignored by archaeological investigations - until now. Damian Shiels tells how the Battle for Cork left its mark

Conventional Phase • 20 Jul 22

Two uniformed Cumann na mBan members stand guard over the body of Cathal Brugha in 1922. © RTÉ Photographic Archives

Soldiers of the Republic: Cumann na mBan and the Civil War

In 1922, the women of Cumann na mBan overwhelmingly rejected the Treaty - and played an active role in the subsequent Civil War, from the Battle of Dublin to assisting flying columns. Margaret Ward tells their story.

Battle of Dublin • 11 Jul 22

Civil War Ireland then and now: soldiers on Lee banks

In 1922, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?

History • 12 May 22

The Great Irish Famine

Famine Ireland

After the Famine

The Lockout

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

Overview

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

The end of the Civil War

The Silent Civil War

The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project

Stardust

The Good Friday Agreement

Irish Civil War

Death and killing in the Irish Civil War

Southern danger: Civil War deaths in Wexford

Teenage soldiers and armoured cars: Civil War fatalities in Sligo

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

The Conventional Phase

What was the Conventional Phase of the Civil War?

Bullet holes and battlefields: archaeology of the Battle for Cork

Soldiers of the Republic: Cumann na mBan and the Civil War

Civil War Ireland then and now: soldiers on Lee banks

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