Century

The Irish Times would like to hear the personal histories of families and individuals affected by the conflict

Television: A quasi-official ambassador for the British perspective, Michael Portillo brings viewers on a fun dash through the archives

The former Conservative politician and historian on his new documentary about the Irish Civil War

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

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

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

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

In spite of adversity, Ireland became one of the few newly independent states to survive as an uninterrupted democracy

Final year of Decade of Centenaries programme recalls first step in Ireland taking its place on world stage

The period that followed the 1920s would see Mother and Baby Homes, abuse of Magdalene women and attempts to control women’s reproductive capacity

Many areas addressed by contributors in this resource link directly to the Leaving Cert syllabus

Many of these articles can serve as a pathway for deeper research on issues that pique pupils’ interest

Fascinating interviews with 32 people, including Frank Aiken, Seán MacBride and Máire Comerford

Lynch was a reluctant participant in the Civil War as evidenced by his willingness to agree a truce in the battle for Limerick, says historian

President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar attend ceremony outside the GPO

Inside Out project, launched by Mná100, details experiences of women arrested because they opposed the establishment of the Free State

As a key symbol of independence, the Irish Free State was determined to quickly diverge from the British fiscal space. Customs barriers were to follow

Dr Tim Horgan rejects suggestions of moral comparison between anti-Treaty IRA men and Free State soldiers who killed them

Letter from Stephen Buckley – killed at Countess Bridge, Killarney – crossed the Atlantic twice before it reached his mother

Historian Dr Richard McElligott says failed bombing in Scartaglin could have killed another five anti-Treaty IRA members

Lives of Free State soldiers killed by a trap mine at Knocknagoshel 100 years ago have been overshadowed by the actions of their superior officers at Ballyseedy, says author Owen O'Shea

Mary Lou McDonald lays wreath at memorial to five Free State soldiers killed by the anti-Treaty IRA in Co Kerry

Fianna Fáil leader says it is important to remember the darker events during Ireland’s fight for independence

Lieut-Colonel Niall C Harrington believed official account of 1923 massacre was ‘entirely untrue’

Author Owen O'Shea says that Paddy O'Daly and other officers of the Kerry Command were given sanction for atrocities like Ballyseedy by their political leaders

Statement of Ballyseedy survivor should be read into record to ‘correct’ official account of ‘atrocity’, conference hears

Five soldiers were killed by landmine at Knocknagoshel and eight prisoners were killed in retaliation at Ballyseedy

Dr Andy Bielenberg of UCC says practice of using prisoners to clear mined roadblocks 100 years ago began in Newcestown, West Cork

The horrors inflicted during the conflict are still rarely spoken of but they continue to haunt an elderly generation

Members of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael described move as inappropriate as Ballyseedy massacre centenary approaches

New Taoiseach says it is time to ‘finally move to reconciliation’ during acceptance speech in Dáil

Mary-Lou McDonald tells crowd of several hundred at Liam Mellows’ grave in Wexford that republicans are ready to bring about a 32-county socialist republic