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Urban warfare: the Battle for Limerick

Conventional Phase

In summer 1922, pro- and anti-Treaty commanders met in Limerick to see if violent confrontation could be avoided. But when the agreement broke down, the Munster city became a battlefield

Soldiers on board the SS Lady Wicklow watching land for snipers as they approach Passage West, Cork in August 1922. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

What was the Conventional Phase of the Civil War?

Conventional Phase

The "battlefield gate" in Moneygurney, the location of a doomed "last stand" made by some of the IRA defenders. Photo: Sara Nylund for the Landscapes of Revolution Project

Bullet holes and battlefields: archaeology of the Battle for Cork

Conventional Phase

The town of Kilmallock today. 100 years ago it was a battleground.

Conventional warfare: the Battle of Kilmallock

Conventional Phase

A section of a handbill highlighting the Bishop of Clonfert's opposition to the anti-Treaty forces.

How did the Civil War impact civil society?

Conventional Phase

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

The Civil War project partners

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Civil War Munster then and now

In 1922, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?

Conventional Phase

Why was Co Kerry so violent during the Civil War?

The amount of retribution and atrocity in the Kingdom had as much to do with notions of loyalty as ideology

Civil War 1922: Darkness descends

After six months of crisis, the forces that threatened to tear the country apart, tore the country apart.

Decade of Commemorations