https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/en-ieRTÉ 2026-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:47:05 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/The project, conducted by UCC and RTÉ, and funded under the Government of Ireland's Decade of Centenaries Programme 2023.Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:23:46 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0326/1440019-about-the-irish-civil-war-fatalities-project/Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:48:52 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0326/1440019-about-the-irish-civil-war-fatalities-project/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0315/1438172-dangerous-road-civil-war-fatalities-in-county-tipperary/Tipperary was the scene of fierce battles and deadly ambushes in the Civil War, as Denis G. Marnane explains.Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:58:46 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0315/1438172-dangerous-road-civil-war-fatalities-in-county-tipperary/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0313/1437756-civil-war-fatalities-in-cork/It was the most violent area of Ireland in the War of Independence. But in the Civil War, Cork saw much lower fatalities, as John Borgonovo explains.Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:17:52 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0313/1437756-civil-war-fatalities-in-cork/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0311/1437268-buried-quietly-the-republican-dead-of-the-civil-war/They were slightly older, a little better off and more often of rural origin than their pro-Treaty counterparts. And in later years their memories became part of the official narrative of independence, as John Dorney explains.Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:56:23 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0311/1437268-buried-quietly-the-republican-dead-of-the-civil-war/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0306/1436312-death-and-killing-in-the-irish-civil-war/A groundbreaking new project shows the full scale of death during the 1922-1923 conflict. Its authors Andy Bielenberg and John Dorney explain the findings.Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:47:23 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0306/1436312-death-and-killing-in-the-irish-civil-war/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0306/1436311-speaking-their-names-the-military-archives-fatalities-roll/in the decades that followed Irish independence, Civil War commemoration was complicated, and the National Army death toll was relatively unexamined. But now things have changed, as Lisa Dolan, Archivist at the Military Archives, explains.Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:46:31 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0306/1436311-speaking-their-names-the-military-archives-fatalities-roll/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0305/1436144-anti-treaty-stronghold-civil-war-deaths-in-mayo/There was scarcely any National Army presence when Civil War broke out - and this anti-Treaty stronghold held out until the end of the war, as Joost Augusteijn explainsTue, 05 Mar 2024 15:54:46 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0305/1436144-anti-treaty-stronghold-civil-war-deaths-in-mayo/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0304/1435938-the-most-violent-county-civil-war-deaths-in-kerry/It was the most violent part of the country during the Civil War. Owen O'Shea tells how Kerry became the site of the conflict's most extreme violence.Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:58:47 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0304/1435938-the-most-violent-county-civil-war-deaths-in-kerry/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0301/1435369-fierce-and-atrocious-civil-war-deaths-in-donegal/It was the site of one of the most infamous reprisal shootings of the conflict. Pauric Travers tells the story of how the Civil War affected Donegal.Fri, 01 Mar 2024 10:38:13 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0301/1435369-fierce-and-atrocious-civil-war-deaths-in-donegal/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0229/1435220-civil-war-deaths-in-wexford/During the Civil War Wexford experienced a far greater loss of life than during the War of Independence. But the south of the county saw much more lethal violence, as Aaron Ó Maonaigh explains.Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:43:35 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0229/1435220-civil-war-deaths-in-wexford/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0227/1434711-all-walks-of-life-civilian-fatalities-in-the-civil-war/One of the defining features of the Irish Civil War was the relatively low level of civilian fatalities. But who were the civilians who perished in the conflict, and how did they die? Andy Bielenberg explains.Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:51:56 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0227/1434711-all-walks-of-life-civilian-fatalities-in-the-civil-war/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0227/1434670-unintended-victims-child-casualties-of-the-irish-civil-war/The youngest victim of the Civil War was just two years old. Helene O'Keeffe explains how children ended up caught in the conflict.Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:34:09 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0227/1434670-unintended-victims-child-casualties-of-the-irish-civil-war/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0221/1433654-the-deadliest-county-civil-war-fatalities-in-dublin/More people were killed in Dublin than in any other county during the Civil War. But as John Dorney explains, the figures may overstate the capital's role in the conflict.Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:43:37 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0221/1433654-the-deadliest-county-civil-war-fatalities-in-dublin/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0220/1433337-the-greatest-losses-national-army-casualties-in-the-civil-war/The National Army saw the greatest losses of any group during the Irish Civil War, but the details of those men and their deaths has not been fully investigated until now, as Jack Kavanagh explains.Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:43:20 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0220/1433337-the-greatest-losses-national-army-casualties-in-the-civil-war/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0215/1432463-teenage-soldiers-civil-war-fatalities-in-sligo/The average age of people killed in the Civil War in Sligo was just eighteen. Frank Fagan explains how the conflict affected the county.Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:38:39 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0215/1432463-teenage-soldiers-civil-war-fatalities-in-sligo/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0213/1432069-civil-war-backwater-fatalities-in-county-clare/Although it saw terrible violence during the War of Independence, during the Civil War Clare had the lowest fatality rate of any Munster County. But as Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc explains, that didn't mean it was peaceful.Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:20:27 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0213/1432069-civil-war-backwater-fatalities-in-county-clare/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0212/1431801-northern-ireland-civil-war-pogrom-and-specials-ineptitude/Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:54:21 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0212/1431801-northern-ireland-civil-war-pogrom-and-specials-ineptitude/Civil War Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0208/1431154-battle-reprisals-accidents-murder-limericks-civil-war-deaths/The Battle for Limerick city was one of the most significant events of the Civil War's first phase. And as John O'Callaghan explains, more than half the deaths in the county took place during that period in 1922.Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:34:17 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/civil-war-fatalities/2024/0208/1431154-battle-reprisals-accidents-murder-limericks-civil-war-deaths/Civil War Fatalities