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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1st February 1922: James Craig, Colonel Spencer and Captain Nixon attend a conference with Michael Collins at City Hall, Dublin. Photo: Walshe/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images

Ireland's Other Civil War: Ulster January-June 1922

Far from settling the partition issue, the Treaty created huge instability in the northern state during the first six months of 1922. Robert Lynch explains what happened.

History • 24 Mar 22

Britain and the Irish Civil War

As pro- and anti-Treaty divisions grew in Ireland, Britain debated whether to intervene. Charles Townshend explains what happened.

History • 24 Mar 22

Young Irish National Army recruits in 1922 © RTÉ Photographic Archive

Call to arms: creating the Irish National Army

After the War of Independence, the new Free State had to create its own military defence force. Gerry White explains how the Irish National Army was born.

History • 21 Mar 22

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

History • 26 Mar 24

Photograph of the Dáil Government and Provisional Government with supporters in background, January 1922. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Blurred lines: the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State

The British may have formally handed over power in January 1922, but the subsequent creation of a new government was a complex business. Helene O'Keeffe explains what happened.

Dublin Castle • 12 Jan 22

Michael Collins around the time of the signing of the Treaty

Michael Collins: From Treaty to Civil War

Of all the Irish signatures on the Treaty, Michael Collins was the one His Majesty's Government had prized the most. He became Chair of the Provisional Government - but by the summer he was locked in the Civil War. Gabriel Doherty tells the story.

Dublin Castle • 13 Jan 22

Labour leader Tom Johnson, whose attempts at peace made many in the movement view the party as having deserted the republican cause. Photo: RTE Photographic Archive

How the Civil War devastated the Labour Party

In 1922 the Labour party expected that the Treaty would settle the national question and clear the decks for class politics. But their dream of focusing on class issues was doomed, as Emmet O'Connor explains.

Dublin Castle • 07 Jan 22

Countess Markievicz and Kathleen Lynn in 1921 during the Treaty Debates

'Women of Character': Female TDs and the Treaty Debates

They were activists who took a hardline stance against the Treaty - but did they represent the newly enfranchised female Irish voters? Claire McGing tells the story of the women who helped shape the Treaty debates.

History • 12 Jan 22

"The Castle has fallen": the transfer of power

On the day the new Irish government formally took the reins of power at Dublin Castle, Michael Collins told Arthur Griffith that "the Castle has fallen!" But the withdrawal of British power from the Castle was a longer and more complex process.

History • 15 Jan 22

Certificate of the (Anglo-Irish) Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland, signed 6th December 1921, to be submitted to Dáil Éireann for ratification by Arthur Griffith. Image courtesy of National Library of Ireland

How the Treaty debate changed Irish politics forever

If the Treaty had been rejected, there might have been a very different sort of civil war. Liam Weeks and Mícheál Ó Fathartaigh explain the importance of the debate in the second Dáil that led to its acceptance

History • 10 Dec 21

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