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Spiritual Wounds: A riposte to the idea that, after the Irish Civil War, nobody wanted to talk about itSíobhra Aiken’s Spiritual Wounds: Trauma, Testimony and the Irish Civil War draws on historical narrative, psychoanalysis and psychology

Civil War commemoration will ‘finally heal the wounds and scars from that time’ — VaradkarNew Taoiseach says it is time to ‘finally move to reconciliation’ during acceptance speech in Dáil

The Irish Civil War part 2: into the grisly heart of brother killing brotherThe tragedy is obvious but the documentary misses out on the experiences of those who lived through it

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Éamon Phoenix remembered as an ‘inspirational peacemaker’ at funeral in BelfastHistorian and broadcaster gave everyone in North a ‘greater understanding of shared past’, mourners told

Defence Forces should have honoured dead Free State soldiers, Ring saysThe commemoration was organised by a group of retired army officers and was attended by relatives of the dead soldiers

Execution of anti-Treaty IRA leaders by Free State was illegal, says leading judgeJustice Gerard Hogan says there was no basis in law for killings of Rory O’Connor, Liam Mellows, Joe McKelvey and Dick Barrett

More 1920: War of Independence >

Belly of the Beast podcast: The spy who helped Michael Collins crack the British codePodcast review: You might think you know Ned Broy from Neil Jordan’s film, but this podcast tells his true story

1919: a slow-burning start to the War of IndependenceAlthough there were few casualties, the year marked a point of no return and made a confrontation between the British state and the Irish counterstate inevitable

The 100 disappearances by the IRA during the Irish revolutionFrom 1920 to 1923, the ‘old IRA’ was responsible for 100 disappearances, 64 in Cork alone

More Women and the Vote >

A history of her storyThe big picture: The Irish women’s movement was created by unionists and nationalists, Home Rulers and republicans, liberals and socialists, Protestants, Catholics and women of no religion. They deserve a place in the history books.

The long road to equalityTheir struggle is our struggle: Women’s empowerment will progress only through their involvement in political processes and in shaping constitutions that guarantee the equal rights of all citizens.

Read all about it: writing wrongsRead all about it:  Research on Irish feminism often concentrates on the pursuit of votes, but there were other issues and many debates within the movement which can be better understood by reading its ‘Irish Citizen’ newspaper.