Atlas of the Irish Revolution

The Atlas of the Irish Revolution draws together existing and ongoing new research into the revolutionary period in a broad ranging and inclusive manner.

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Liam Lynch's body laid out in Clonmel. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

'If we stand united, victory is certain': Liam Lynch's final days

He was the military commander of the anti-Treaty forces whose death in April 1923 was the beginning of the end of the Civil War. Gerard …

History • 31 May

Máire Mhac an tSaoi, whose poetry explored the long-term effects of the revolutionary period

Broken for generations: the Civil War's transgenerational impact

Pitting former comrades against each other, the Civil War was a traumatic event for most of its participants. But what was the impact of the …

History • 23 May

How the Treaty caused an irrevocable split in Cumann na mBan

History • 16 Mar

Downtown Cleveland drew a large number of former IRA comrades.

"Wild geese": IRA emigration and settlement after the Revolution

After the Civil War, thousands of veterans joined the throngs emigrating from Ireland. Where did this "lost legion" go, and how did they fare? Gavin …

History • 23 May

The legacy of the Civil War

It was a conflict that cast a long shadow. Diarmaid Ferriter examines the complex legacy of the Civil War.

History • 07 Jun

John McCormack laying a wreath at the memorial to Collins and Griffith. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

From grievance to reconciliation: commemoration and the Civil War

How does a country commemorate the dead of a Civil War? As Eve Morrison shows, it has been a complicated process

History • 23 May

An extract from Frank Aiken's letter ordering the dumping of arms. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

The cease-fire that ended the Civil War

Two letters ended the conflict that tore the country apart. Brian Hanley on how the anti-Treaty IRA came to lay down their arms.

History • 23 May

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

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 …

History • 26 Jan

A prisoner under escort at the South Western Front during the Irish Civil War Photo: National Library of Ireland, 22 July 1922

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 …

History • 17 Jan

Some of the sheet music of The Song of the Legion of the Rear-guard, composed in Hare Park Camp by internee Jack O'Sheehan. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

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 …

History • 17 Jan

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