The Silent Civil War

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A memorial to Frank Lawlor, who died in the Civil War

'What Was Done Was Done': the long shadow of the Civil War

The Civil War lasted for less than year, but the wounds it inflicted have never fully healed. Sharing stories may be the way forward, says Liz Gillis

Dealing with the inherited trauma of the Civil War

The Silent Civil War: memory and trauma

A colourised version of a 1922 photograph of Nan Hogan in 1922. Image courtesy of the Hogan family

Nan Hogan: a revolutionary life

A Nuttall family photo album. Image courtesy of the Nuttall family

Old wounds: bringing dark family stories into the light

Charlie Daly, who was shot at Drumboe in March 1923. Image courtesy of the Daly family.

Hurled into eternity: after the executions

Catholic families who had fled sectarian violence in Belfast photographed in Dublin in summer 1922. Photo: Getty Images

The Silent North: civil war memory and the north of Ireland

Jimmy Dolan.

How sound came to light: the forgotten tapes of the Civil War

The author interviewing Paudie Fuller and the Herlihy family about their families' experience of one of the Civil War's most brutal episodes

Remembering so we don't forget: the National Folklore Collection

The Silent Civil War: watch the documentary series

The Alexander family farm

Family stories: bonus videos from the Silent Civil War

Jennifer Nuttall

Jennifer Nuttall tells the story of how her family was threatened

Nan Hogan

Impossible conditions: Nan Hogan's family share her prison letter

The memorial at Drumboe

"Too young to die": remembering the executed men of Drumboe

Mai O'Mahony

Mai O'Mahony tells the story of why her mother was stood up