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RTÉ History - The Civil War

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 - …

Liam Deasy. Image courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol
Museum/OPW

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

Illustration showing the defeat of the White Army during the Russian Civil War. Image: Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Family resemblances: the Irish Civil War in context

Dervilia Roche and some young historians explore History on Your Doorstep. Photo: Photocall Ireland

"It's part of who we are today": today's kids and the Civil War

National Army troops during the Battle of Dublin

Explore the Irish Civil War project

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

Civil War documentaries

The Irish Civil War documentary

The Irish Civil War: watch the documentary

The title card of the new documentary series

The Irish Civil War: The Making of the Documentary

Beyond the Bullets

Beyond the Bullets: watch the documentary series

A reconstruction of a 1920s fashion show, as seen in Beyond the Bullets

Beyond the Bullets: making the new documentary series

Civil War Ireland then and now

Civil War Ireland then and now: O'Connell St ambulance

The location outside Dublin Castle

Civil War Ireland then and now: British soliders queue

Cathal Brugha's funeral

Civil War Ireland then and now: Cathal Brugha's funeral

Civil War Ireland then and now: Waterford is taken

O'Connell St, Limerick, then and now

Civil War Ireland then and now: Limerick at war

Bruff then and now

Civil War Ireland then and now: children meet soldiers

O'Connell Street/Henry street junction

Civil War Ireland then and now: effigy on armoured car

The Pro Cathedral

Civil War Ireland then and now: Collins's funeral

The junction of what is now Parnell Street and Cumberland Street

Civil War Ireland then and now: Dublin evacuees

O'Connell Street then and now

Civil War Ireland then and now: soldiers venture out

Henry St in 1922 and today

Civil War Ireland then and now: gunfire on Henry Street

The site in 1922 and 2022

Civil War Ireland then and now: soldiers on Lee banks

Women and the Civil War

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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

Sighle Humphreys, who was interned during the Civil War

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

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

Battle of Dublin

Captain Eileen McGrane

"Most Effective Women": The story of Eileen McGrane