Liam Deasyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/en-ieRTÉ 2026-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:02:52 +0000Family resemblances: the Irish Civil War in contexthttps://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/2023/0123/1350362-the-civil-war-in-context/A civil war is an imprecise thing, but the Irish Civil War wasn't the only conflict that could be described as such between 1918 and 1923. John Horne explains what makes it "the worst kind of war" - and how the Irish civil war fit in the wider contextMon, 23 Jan 2023 15:27:33 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/2023/0123/1350362-the-civil-war-in-context/HistoryCrochet, cards and céilís: Civil War women behind barshttps://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/2023/0116/1346943-crochet-cards-and-ceilis-civil-war-women-behind-bars/The female Civil War internees kept themselves busy behind bars - as these extraordinary artefacts from the Kilmainham Gaol Museum archives showMon, 16 Jan 2023 10:33:18 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/2023/0116/1346943-crochet-cards-and-ceilis-civil-war-women-behind-bars/HistoryBitter enemies: the guerrilla phase of the Civil Warhttps://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/2023/0112/1346343-bitter-enemies-the-guerrilla-phase-of-the-civil-war/It was the most brutal phase of the Civil War, and it would cast a long shadow. John Borgonovo tells the story of the guerrilla phase of the war - and how it endedThu, 12 Jan 2023 16:45:39 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/2023/0112/1346343-bitter-enemies-the-guerrilla-phase-of-the-civil-war/HistoryHidden away: the treatment of Civil War interneeshttps://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/2022/1212/1341335-hidden-away-the-treatment-of-civil-war-internees/During the Civil War, thousands of of anti-Treaty militants were interned by the Provisional Government without trial, in increasingly overcrowded camps and prisons. Anne-Marie McInerney tells their storyMon, 12 Dec 2022 10:28:50 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/2022/1212/1341335-hidden-away-the-treatment-of-civil-war-internees/History'The Mainstay of the Trouble': imprisonment of 'suspect women'https://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/2022/1206/1340347-the-mainstay-of-the-trouble-imprisonment-of-suspect-women/The women of Cumann na mBan had rejected the Treaty - and in late 1922, the Provisional Government decided to clamp down on their subversive activities. Sinéad McCoole tells what happened to this certain "class of female"Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:30:53 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/2022/1206/1340347-the-mainstay-of-the-trouble-imprisonment-of-suspect-women/HistoryMaking peace: how people on all sides tried to end the Civil Warhttps://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/2022/1206/1340285-civil-war-peace-moves/As the Civil War dragged on, both neutral parties and combatants made moves to end the conflict. Eve Morrison explains how that played outTue, 06 Dec 2022 12:34:16 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/liam-deasy/2022/1206/1340285-civil-war-peace-moves/History