Britain argued the Free State’s foreign affairs should be led from London, but Cosgrave forged ahead
Century: 1923 Birth of a Nation
How an independent Ireland was built from ruins of the Civil War. 1923 Birth of a Nation is part of the Century Series.
The end of the Irish Civil War and 10 years of revolution
Following a bitter and exhausting conflict, the new government’s priority in 1923 was state building
As with social media today, there were fears about movies’ potential effects on mental health and politics
In what was a heady year we also got the first Irish stamp, a customs border and WB Yeats’s Nobel medal
Big houses were the homes of the former Anglo-Irish landlord class, most dating from the early 18th century
Relatives of participants in the conflict reflect on how it shaped their families down the generations
No women were executed but there were hunger strikes and some died after becoming ill in jail
B’fhacthas cuid shuntasach de na poblachtaigh a chuir i gcoinne an chonartha Angla-Éireannaigh nach raibh deiseanna ar fáil dóibh sa Saorstát agus gurbh í an deoraíocht a bhí rompu
Co Kerry was the scene of some of the most barbaric acts of the Civil War. Why did it last so long there?
A timline of events from the end of the War of Independence to WB Yeats winning the Nobel prize
It was a desperate response by the first Irish government to the Civil War. They believed only the most severe measures could stop the violence
Gaining membership required complicated diplomacy, illustrating challenges for new state on world stage
The anti-Treaty IRA was losing military momentum when its chief of staff was killed in April 1923
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