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Bitter enemies: the guerrilla phase of the Civil War

It was the most brutal phase of the Civil War, and it would cast a long shadow. John Borgonovo tells the story of the guerrilla phase of the war - …

Sighle Humphreys embroidered this pyjama case during her imprisonment in Kilmainham Gaol in 1923. On loan from Cróine Magan. Image courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol
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'The Mainstay of the Trouble': imprisonment of 'suspect women'

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Crochet, cards and céilís: Civil War women behind bars

Some of the sheet music of The Song of the Legion of the Rear-guard, composed in Hare Park Camp by internee Jack O'Sheehan. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Hidden away: the treatment of Civil War internees

Liam Deasy. Image courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol
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Making peace: how people on all sides tried to end the Civil War

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How the Civil War split an Irish republican family in two

No family were as promenient as the Ryans of Co Wexford during the War of Independence, but few were as bitterly divided by the aftermath

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About the Civil War project

The Civil War project is the product of a partnership between RTÉ History, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and The Atlas of the Irish Revolution

Trials and tribulations of printing Civil War propaganda

The guerrilla phase of the Irish Civil War was mirrored by furtive propagandist publications challenging the official narrative