The Civil War Fatalities Project

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

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.

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