The Death of Michael Collins

The shocking death of the Commander-in-Chief shook not only his loved ones, but the political establishments in Ireland and Britain. Gabriel Doherty explains

The Archaeology of an Ambush: Surviving Traces of Béal na Blá

The location of Michael Collins's dramatic death is one of the most well known sites in modern Irish history - but what traces are left …

The Civil War on water

The Civil War extended into the waves, as John Borgonovo explains

The Catholic Church and the Irish Civil War

While the Catholic Church became one of the most important pro-Treaty organisations in the country, some individual clerics offered support to the anti-Treaty side during …

War of words: censorship and propaganda during the Civil War

The Civil War was fought not only in the streets and townlands of Ireland, but also in the pages of newspapers and pamphlets, as Donal …

The man who photographed the Civil War

W.D. Hogan's photographs, now part of the National Library of Ireland collection, are an invaluable record of Ireland at war. But who was the man …

Emmet Dalton: the man behind the sea landings

He was the young officer who played a key role in the Civil War - but he was troubled by how the conflict played out …

The Irish Civil War National Conference: live from UCC's Boole 4

Irish Civil War National Conference: live from UCC's Aula Maxima

Taking Sides? How voters responded to the "pact election"

Both pro- and anti- Treaty candidates agreed not to make the Treaty a key part of their campaigns in the 1922 general election. A lofty …

Class warfare: was there a social basis to the Civil War divide?

The victory of the pro-Treaty Free State has been viewed by some as a triumph of bourgeois Ireland over the "men of no property". But …

The 1922 'Pact' Election

In June 1922, the people of Ireland went to the polls. Collins and De Valera signed a pact that candidates on both sides would not …

Press, Propaganda and the Treaty split

In 1922, the Irish media overwhelmingly supported the Treaty. What effect did that have on the Civil War? Donal Ó Drisceoil explains.