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Family resemblances: the Irish Civil War in context

A civil war is an imprecise thing, but the Irish Civil War wasn't the only conflict that could be described as such between 1918 and 1923. John Horne explains what makes it "the worst kind of war" - and how the Irish civil war fit in the wider context
History • 26 Jan 23

Crochet, cards and céilís: Civil War women behind bars

The female Civil War internees kept themselves busy behind bars - as these extraordinary artefacts from the Kilmainham Gaol Museum archives show
History • 07 Feb 23

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 - and how it ended
History • 17 Jan 23

Hidden away: the treatment of Civil War internees

During the Civil War, thousands of of anti-Treaty militants were interned by the Provisional Government without trial, in increasingly overcrowded camps and prisons. Anne-Marie McInerney tells their story
History • 17 Jan 23

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

The women of Cumann na mBan had rejected the Treaty - and in late 1922, the Provisional Government decided to clamp down on their subversive activities. Sinéad McCoole tells what happened to this certain "class of female"
History • 07 Feb 23

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

As the Civil War dragged on, both neutral parties and combatants made moves to end the conflict. Eve Morrison explains how that played out
History • 17 Jan 23

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