Transfer of power at Dublin Castle

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"The Castle has fallen": the transfer of power

Countess Markievicz and Kathleen Lynn in 1921 during the Treaty Debates

'Women of Character': Female TDs and the Treaty Debates

Labour leader Tom Johnson, whose attempts at peace made many in the movement view the party as having deserted the republican cause. Photo: RTE Photographic Archive

How the Civil War devastated the Labour Party

Michael Collins around the time of the signing of the Treaty

Michael Collins: From Treaty to Civil War

Photograph of the Dáil Government and Provisional Government with supporters in background, January 1922. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Blurred lines: the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State

January 1922: a month of change

The Handover - David McCullagh on the last days of British rule

The Handover - David McCullagh on the last days of British rule

The Irish in Paris: many familiar faces in the crowd gathered for the World Congress of the Irish Race in 1921. Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France

How a Paris conference in 1922 put Ireland on a world stage

Arrangements for the transfer of power raised sensitivities on both sides

How does Dublin Castle handover fit into Irish history?

How did your TD vote on the Treaty?

How did your TD vote on the Treaty?

Century Ireland reports on the transfer of power

Century Ireland reports on the transfer of power

About the Civil War project

The Civil War project is the product of a partnership between RTÉ History, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and The Atlas of the Irish Revolution

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