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The General Assembly of the League of Nations in session in Geneva, September 1923

A century ago, Ireland joined the League of Nations

One hundred years ago today, the Irish Free State crossed an historic milestone when it was admitted to the League of Nations, the body tasked with ensuring that there was no repeat of the Great War.

Decade of Commemorations • 08 Sep 23

Members of the 4th Battalion Flying Column

100 years on from the Battle of Clonmult

If the Kilmichael ambush, in which Tom Barry's flying column attacked a column of RIC Auxiliaries and killed 17 of them, had been the IRA's most significant victory during the War of Independence, then the battle of Clonmult on 20 February 1921 must rank as its biggest defeat.

Ireland • 19 Feb 21

'It was the heaviest loss of life for the British in any engagement of the War of Independence' (Pic: Kevin Egan)

Kilmichael Ambush: This means war

Cecil Guthrie fled towards safety. He would never make it.

Decade of Commemorations • 07 Dec 20

President Michael D Higgins, GAA President John Horan and Taoiseach Micheál Martin lay wreaths at Croke Park

Wreaths laid at Croke Park to commemorate Bloody Sunday

Many commemorative events are being held this weekend to mark the centenary of Bloody Sunday, when 14 people were fatally shot in Croke Park following the killing of British intelligence agents by the IRA earlier on 21 November 1920.

Munster • 21 Nov 20

Bloody Sunday: A day of horrors, in three acts

History • 20 Nov 20

The 1920 Munitions Strike: 'An unusual kind of strike'

100 years ago today, on 20 May 1920, Irish railway workers started refusing to transport British weapons and forces. It was a crucial act of civil resistance in the War of Independence

Ireland • 20 May 20

Tomás Mac Curtain with his wife, Eilish and family

Centenary of assassination of Cork mayor Mac Curtain

The assassination of the Lord Mayor of Cork 100 years ago today ramped up the War of Independence, not just in Cork but across the country.

Munster • 20 Mar 20

The collection includes photographs, maps and medals from the War of Independence

War of Independence papers, medals saved from skip

A substantial collection of papers documenting the names and activities of republican volunteers in Co Clare during the revolutionary period from 1916 to 1924 has been discovered.

Munster • 14 Jun 19

The full truth of the event at Soloheadbeg has never been fully established

The Soloheadbeg ambush - Sudden, bloody and unexpected

Events are being held in Soloheadbeg, Co Tipperary today to mark the 100th anniversary of an IRA ambush that led to the deaths of the first IRA victims of the War of Independence. So what happened at Soloheadbeg and what is its signficance in Irish history?

Ireland • 20 Jan 19

Soloheadbeg ambush site where two Irish policemen were killed in January 1919 sparking the War of Independence

Soloheadbeg ambush commemoration in Tipperary

A commemoration has been held in Co Tipperary to mark the 100th anniversary of the Soloheadbeg ambush, which is widely held to have started the War of Independence.

Ireland • 20 Jan 19

Members of the Garda Technical Bureau at the site near Boolteens

Search for body of man shot in War of Independence ends

No remains have been uncovered during a search for the remains of a man believed to have been executed by the IRA in Co Kerry during the War of Independence.

Kerry • 18 Sep 18

The attack was one of the most controversial IRA actions of the revolutionary era

Files released on murder of Newry protestants in 1922

Files have been released concerning the murders of six Protestants near the border in Co Armagh in 1922 in an incident known as the Altnaveigh Massacre.

Altnaveigh Massacre • 11 May 18

The newsreels include footage of the shelling of the Four Courts by the Irish Free State Army

Footage from fight for independence available online

Priceless and rarely seen footage featuring many key architects of Irish independence is available to view online after a painstaking repatriation and digitalisation process by the Irish Film Institute.

Ireland • 03 May 18

War of Independence