Revolutionary Times: Accessible account of a pivotal decade in Irish history
This beautifully presented book captures the political and cultural events of the years 1913-1923 with convincing contemporary-style newspaper reportage
Civil War 1922-1923
‘We live in a messy world’: Harold Good became internationally known as a witness to IRA decommissioning
Former Methodist Church president Harold Good, whose house played a prominent role in in ending The Troubles, opens up about the challenges of peacemakers
Ireland’s most infamous unsolved murder: a massacre intended to strike fear into the hearts of Catholics
In a new book Edward Burke identifies the man he believes to have been responsible for the brutal killing of a Belfast Catholic family in 1922, a massacre whose repercussions continue to be felt
Atlas of the Irish Civil War. New Perspectives: History presented with imagination and innovation
Issues raised in third volume of historical series are at core of concerns still with us today
Michael Collins was involved in armed stand-off with anti-Treaty IRA men in Cork months before he was killed, new research reveals
Historian Liz Gillis finds credible witness statement that Collins and anti-Treaty IRA men squared up in Clonakilty hotel just days before the start of the Civil War
The Irish Republican Brotherhood 1914-1924: Diarmaid Ferriter on a very personal Fenian story
This book, the culmination of a very personal mission, is based on detailed research and, although it does not engage with some of the wider contextual questions posed of the IRB, is valuable and often insightful
Simon Harris to give Béal na Bláth oration for Michael Collins
Harris becomes only the third serving Taoiseach after Enda Kenny and Micheal Martin to speak at Beal na Blath
Tragedy of Civil War shows importance of political compromise - McDowell
Compromise should never be a dirty word in any true democrat's lexicon, says former tánaiste as he unveils plaque to War of Independence hero, Sean O'Donoghue
Sex, murder and revenge: How a soldier waged his own personal war in Kerry
A National Army officer was hanged for murder a century ago in a case that was rooted in personal animosities and the divisions of the Civil War
Last Voices of the Irish Revolution by Tom Hurley: Fascinating and valuable eye-witness accounts of formative years in Ireland
Hurley skilfully situates his elderly interviewees’ memories within major events
WB Yeats’s Nobel banquet: The food they ate, the wine they drank, and what it said about Ireland
The Stephen’s Green Club, in Dublin, honoured the poet with a celebratory dinner. The programme is a portal to a transformative period of Irish history
Church’s excommunication of anti-Treaty combatants in Civil War left ‘bad taste’, says Archbishop
Catholic hierarchy’s 1922 letter was used by pro-Treaty side to povide moral justification for ‘sinful and criminal behaviour’
Irish Civil War could have been avoided but for Churchill’s intervention, says historian
Dr Martin Mansergh said the Collins-de-Valera draft constitution provided the basis for avoiding conflict but Churchill vetoed it
Diarmaid Ferriter: Ireland’s decade of commemoration was influenced by today’s prejudices
Recession, Brexit, Waking the Feminists, Black Lives Matter and Covid all played their part
Britain sent ‘banned’ gas grenades to Ireland to counter anti-Treaty rebels, files reveal
More than 1,000 poison gas grenades were sent to Dublin to aid the Provisional Government in 1922
‘We’ve finally given them their rightful place’: National Army Civil War dead honoured with monument
More than 800 mostly working class young men died fighting for the pro-treaty side; for the first time a full roll of honour is available to the public
Béal na Bláth: Tommie Gorman to deliver oration at Michael Collins commemoration
Former RTÉ northern editor’s address in west Cork will mark 101st anniversary of death of Michael Collins in the Civil War
Civil War violence against women was ‘brutal, persistent and continuous’, expert says
Targeting of anti-Treaty Cumann na mBan women in Kerry is highlighted by Dr Mary McAuliffe
Mary Lou McDonald and family reflect on execution of great-uncle during Civil War
Members of her family attended a centenary commemoration at the Garden of Remembrance
Civil War commemorations end with ceremony in the Garden of Remembrance
Taoiseach and Tánaiste lay wreath to remember the 1,400 people killed in the conflict
Diarmaid Ferriter: We still do not know how many lives were lost in Civil War
No systematic, national tabulation of death toll has been undertaken in past century
100 years ago today: ‘The arms with which we fought the enemies of the country are to be dumped’
The end of the Irish Civil War and 10 years of revolution
Centenary of the end of the Civil War to be marked by national event on Sunday
Garden of Remembrance will see both sides gather to remember the dead of the war
Was your family affected by the Irish Civil War 100 years ago? Share the story
The Irish Times would like to hear the personal histories of families and individuals affected by the conflict
Rite & Reason: Biggest impact of Irish Civil War on Protestants involved assaults on people and property
Prof Terence Dooley of Maynooth University estimates about 300 ‘big houses’ damaged or destroyed between 1920 and 1923
Film archive from revolutionary Ireland to be sold at auction
Guide price of €200,000-€300,000 for six hours of footage from Rising, War of Independence and Civil War
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War: ‘History that Irish people may prefer not to know’
Television: A quasi-official ambassador for the British perspective, Michael Portillo brings viewers on a fun dash through the archives
Róisín Ingle: Modern Dublin smells mostly of marijuana, not manure
I grew very fond of English novelist VS Pritchett after coming across his sublime observations of Dublin - he had an understanding of what made the city special
Michael Portillo: ‘Conservatives see Ireland exclusively through the unionist prism’
The former Conservative politician and historian on his new documentary about the Irish Civil War
Sheila O’Flanagan: Over tea at the Gresham, Gran would tell me about bowsies and blackguards, checkpoints and raids
Sheila O’Flanagan: Her stories, and my grandfather’s autograph book from his Civil War internment, inspired my new novel
WT Cosgrave expressed private regret over 1922 executions in recently discovered letter
Cosgrave said: ‘Regarding executions, I regret them as much as anyone else if not more so’
Rite & Reason: Changes to Constitution on women in the home first mooted 27 years ago
If the priests took a conservative view of where a woman’s place should be, so did others – including The Irish Times
The Silent Civil War review: A gripping story of ordinary people who felt they had to do terrible things
Television: Part one of this two-part documentary explores the bloody Irish conflict over which a collective memory fog descended the moment it ended
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