Century: 1922 Civil War

The elderly nun told me about running to the scene of the assassination as a local 12-year-old

Sr Isidore Kelly was 12 when the National Army commander-in-chief was shot dead near her home in Co Cork

Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere

Part of the challenge of this year’s centenary is to confront the silences around 1922

There was no pageantry or cheering during this historic moment in December 1922

Shooting dead of 13 men in 1922 led to mass exodus of Protestants from that part of Cork

State will not communicate preferred narrative or make judgments in Civil War events

Clear by second week of July 1922 that Civil War could not be confined to Dublin

Teaching the Civul War in the history classroom

Ó ionsaí ar na Ceithre Cúirteanna go bás Mhichíl Uí Choileáin i luíochán ag Béal na Bláth. Sracfhéachaint ar mhóreachtraí 1922

Government opted for official reprisal for the murder of Sean Hales TD

How the independent state in 1922 went from democratic general election to disaster

A Sinn Féin split over the Treaty left Ireland in uncertain circumstances in early 1922

Censorship, conservative morality and high cost of living made for an oppressive mix

Figures previously put forward of 4,000-5,000 dead now no longer thought to be accurate

Study principles revolve around evaluating multiple sources of historical evidence

While men of violence were denounced, church and State deplored emancipation of women

Civil War left bitter legacy but we must acknowledge different, informed perspectives

Cé go maítear go forleathan go raibh tost mór ann faoi Chogadh na gCarad, is iomaí scríbhneoir Gaeilge a d’fhéach leis an tost a bhriseadh

National Army’s use of field guns in battle of Four Courts saved many lives

Papers Griffith edited, when not suppressed by the British, inspired a generation

Dublin man was a faithful friend to de Valera and had a complex friendship with Collins

Ruairí Brugha: Former IRA chief hoped his death would ‘serve some greater good’

Evidence indicates Collins was a man of his time who shared prevailing values of 1922

New evidence suggests Sonny O’Neill might not have been the shooter

Childers made powerful enemies on the pro-Treaty side of the Civil War

Catholic civilians bore brunt of retaliations for ongoing IRA assassinations

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland follows a global effort to recover destroyed items

The formation of pro-Treaty Cumann na Saoirse led to rancour among former allies