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A defiant gathering: the 1922 IRA Convention

The Four Courts in ruins

Britain and the Irish Civil War

Young Irish National Army recruits in 1922 © RTÉ Photographic Archive

Call to arms: creating the Irish National Army

Members of the Republican army at the entrance to the hotel in Limerick where they were quartered in 1922. Image: Bettmann/Getty Images

Shadow boxing: the Limerick Stand-Off, March 1922

1st February 1922: James Craig, Colonel Spencer and Captain Nixon attend a conference with Michael Collins at City Hall, Dublin. Photo: Walshe/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images

Ireland's Other Civil War: Ulster January-June 1922

An eventful month: March 1922

St Patrick's Day in New York City in 1922: the disapora gather

St Patrick's Day in New York City in 1922: the disapora gather

How Éamon de Valera's St Patrick's Day speech caused controversy

How Éamon de Valera's St Patrick's Day speech caused controversy

Irish Free State Soldiers (1922)

The Irish Free State

Irish Free State

Friction on the frontier: closing the border in 1922

Friction on the frontier: closing the border in 1922

About the Civil War project

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