https://www.rte.ie/history/en-ieRTÉ 2024-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Wed, 15 May 2024 14:22:44 +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/2024/0408/1442338-susan-morgan/Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:35:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442338-susan-morgan/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442336-robert-bobby-hillick/Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:30:47 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442336-robert-bobby-hillick/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442333-richard-bennett/Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:26:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442333-richard-bennett/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442330-paula-lewis/Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:20:36 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442330-paula-lewis/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442327-paul-wade/Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:14:49 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442327-paul-wade/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442322-murtagh-murty-kavanagh/Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:02:24 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442322-murtagh-murty-kavanagh/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442320-michael-ffrench/Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:56:09 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442320-michael-ffrench/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442317-michael-farrell/Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:48:18 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0408/1442317-michael-farrell/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441732-mary-kenny/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:22:11 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441732-mary-kenny/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441731-marie-kennedy/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:17:08 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441731-marie-kennedy/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441703-john-stout/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:31:25 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441703-john-stout/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441701-jimmy-buckley/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:27:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441701-jimmy-buckley/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441700-gerard-mcgrath/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:23:42 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441700-gerard-mcgrath/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441695-george-oconnor/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:13:17 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441695-george-oconnor/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441663-eugene-hughie-hogan/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 12:24:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441663-eugene-hughie-hogan/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441659-donna-mahon/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 12:10:21 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441659-donna-mahon/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441640-david-morton/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:01:17 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441640-david-morton/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441636-david-flood/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 10:38:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441636-david-flood/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441631-caroline-carey/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 10:34:57 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0404/1441631-caroline-carey/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441293-william-mcdermott/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:20:24 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441293-william-mcdermott/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441289-teresa-mc-donnell/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:15:39 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441289-teresa-mc-donnell/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441287-sandra-lawless/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:11:12 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441287-sandra-lawless/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441282-robert-kelly/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:04:12 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441282-robert-kelly/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441278-mary-keegan/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:50:37 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441278-mary-keegan/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441276-martina-keegan/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:34:21 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441276-martina-keegan/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441237-margaret-thornton/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:58:22 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441237-margaret-thornton/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441235-margaret-kiernan/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:52:21 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441235-margaret-kiernan/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441227-kathleen-muldoon/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:36:17 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441227-kathleen-muldoon/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441225-julie-mcdonnell/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:23:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441225-julie-mcdonnell/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441223-john-colgan/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:12:26 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441223-john-colgan/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441219-eamonn-loughman/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:05:20 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441219-eamonn-loughman/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441216-jacqueline-croker/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:57:41 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441216-jacqueline-croker/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441213-helena-mangan/Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:47:35 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0402/1441213-helena-mangan/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/ireland-then-and-now/Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:29:35 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/ireland-then-and-now/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0329/1440700-ireland-then-and-now-the-ruins-of-oconnell-street/n the early 20th century, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:00:46 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0329/1440700-ireland-then-and-now-the-ruins-of-oconnell-street/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0329/1440696-ireland-then-and-now-searching-a-car-in-1916/In the early 20th century, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:44:06 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0329/1440696-ireland-then-and-now-searching-a-car-in-1916/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/war-of-independence/2024/0329/1440692-ireland-then-and-now-black-and-tans-pose-with-a-bike/n the early 20th century, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:32:22 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/war-of-independence/2024/0329/1440692-ireland-then-and-now-black-and-tans-pose-with-a-bike/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/war-of-independence/2024/0329/1440689-ireland-then-and-now-british-soldiers-hold-back-crowd/n the early 20th century, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:24:15 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/war-of-independence/2024/0329/1440689-ireland-then-and-now-british-soldiers-hold-back-crowd/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2022/0106/1272236-about-the-civil-war-project/Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:53:25 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2022/0106/1272236-about-the-civil-war-project/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/war-of-independence/2024/0328/1440587-ireland-then-and-now-prisoners-at-the-custom-house/In the early 20th century, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:48:39 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/war-of-independence/2024/0328/1440587-ireland-then-and-now-prisoners-at-the-custom-house/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0327/1440296-michael-barrett/Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:42:09 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0327/1440296-michael-barrett/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0327/1440294-josephine-glen/Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:29:18 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0327/1440294-josephine-glen/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0327/1440289-marcella-mcdermott/Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:18:49 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0327/1440289-marcella-mcdermott/Historyhttps://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/2024/0326/1440119-james-millar/Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:36:57 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440119-james-millar/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440112-francis-lawlor/Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:18:50 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440112-francis-lawlor/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440106-brian-hobbs/Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:42:40 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440106-brian-hobbs/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440105-carol-bissett/Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:42:24 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440105-carol-bissett/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440096-michael-griffiths/Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:42:34 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440096-michael-griffiths/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440093-thelma-frazer/Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:38:01 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440093-thelma-frazer/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440092-brendan-omeara/Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:34:21 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440092-brendan-omeara/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440091-liam-dunne/Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:34:00 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440091-liam-dunne/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440061-maureen-lawlor/Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:57:57 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440061-maureen-lawlor/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440024-caroline-mchugh/Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:09:31 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0326/1440024-caroline-mchugh/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/forgotten-widows-of-1916/Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:25:37 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/forgotten-widows-of-1916/Battle of Dublinhttps://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/war-of-independence/2024/0313/1437655-ireland-then-and-now-a-city-centre-barricade/In the early 20th century, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:05:31 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/war-of-independence/2024/0313/1437655-ireland-then-and-now-a-city-centre-barricade/Historyhttps://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/the-civil-war/2024/0305/1436141-ireland-then-and-now-a-refugee-arrives-from-belfast/In the early 20th century, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:41:33 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/the-civil-war/2024/0305/1436141-ireland-then-and-now-a-refugee-arrives-from-belfast/Historyhttps://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/war-of-independence/2024/0220/1433323-ireland-then-and-now-black-and-tans-on-abbey-street/In the early 20th century, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:49:02 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/war-of-independence/2024/0220/1433323-ireland-then-and-now-black-and-tans-on-abbey-street/Historyhttps://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/2024/0213/1432082-ireland-then-and-now-soldiers-guard-armoured-car/In the early 20th century, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:10:43 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0213/1432082-ireland-then-and-now-soldiers-guard-armoured-car/Historyhttps://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 Fatalitieshttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0206/1430711-irish-without-scots-within-the-complex-history-of-ulster-scot/In a new documentary, rugby star Andrew Trimble explores his Ulster-Scots roots and asks how different identities can coexist peacefully on this island, as they always have in his life. Ulster-Scots expert Mark Thompson puts the film in historical contextTue, 06 Feb 2024 10:36:38 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0206/1430711-irish-without-scots-within-the-complex-history-of-ulster-scot/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0206/1430748-ireland-then-and-now-bullet-holes-by-the-picture-house/In the early 20th century, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:41:59 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0206/1430748-ireland-then-and-now-bullet-holes-by-the-picture-house/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/famine-ireland/2024/0131/1429737-the-famine-casebook-of-william-charles-waddell/During the Famine, the work of coroners could expose the failures of government. With their stories of death by starvation and exposure, the casebooks of Monaghan coroner William Charles Waddell do just that, as Michelle McGoff-McCann explainsWed, 31 Jan 2024 16:41:50 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/famine-ireland/2024/0131/1429737-the-famine-casebook-of-william-charles-waddell/Famine Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0130/1429461-ireland-then-and-now-barbed-wire-at-dublins-city-hall/Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:10:27 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0130/1429461-ireland-then-and-now-barbed-wire-at-dublins-city-hall/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0122/1427999-ireland-then-and-now-selling-papers-beside-1916-ruins/In the early years of the 20th century, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:01:06 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0122/1427999-ireland-then-and-now-selling-papers-beside-1916-ruins/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0122/1427998-sisters-in-war-from-waterford-to-basra-in-ww1/Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:00:55 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0122/1427998-sisters-in-war-from-waterford-to-basra-in-ww1/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/first-dail/Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:37:00 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/first-dail/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0115/1426578-last-orders-dearbhail-mcdonald-on-the-last-nuns-in-ireland/Dearbhail McDonald, presenter of The Last Nuns in Ireland, reflects on the causes and consequences of the seemingly terminal decline in religious vocations in Ireland.Mon, 15 Jan 2024 13:48:23 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0115/1426578-last-orders-dearbhail-mcdonald-on-the-last-nuns-in-ireland/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0111/1426025-preview-the-last-nuns-in-ireland/Watch an extract from the new documentaryThu, 11 Jan 2024 15:18:25 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0111/1426025-preview-the-last-nuns-in-ireland/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2023/0221/1357972-civil-war-ireland-then-and-now-cathal-brughas-funeral/Thu, 04 Jan 2024 10:49:31 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2023/0221/1357972-civil-war-ireland-then-and-now-cathal-brughas-funeral/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0103/1424625-family-histories-revolutionary-soldier-liam-hayes/When the British Government didn't grant Ireland the independence the country had voted for in 1918, a young man from Tipperary decided to get involved in the revolution. Two years later, Liam Hayes was on the run. His grandson Peter Doyle tells his storyWed, 03 Jan 2024 15:03:19 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0103/1424625-family-histories-revolutionary-soldier-liam-hayes/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0116/1426643-david-mc-cullagh-on-a-story-of-irish-nationalism-in-britain/After the Decade of Centenaries - ten years of intensively studying the events of a century ago - is there a single new thing to be said about the period from the Third Home Rule Bill to the Treaty?Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:11:00 +0000https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0116/1426643-david-mc-cullagh-on-a-story-of-irish-nationalism-in-britain/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0116/1426805-sisters-in-war-from-the-1916-rising-to-the-front-line-in-ww1/Nurse Hannah Meany began working as a nurse in 1916 - and found herself treating both sides in the 1916 Rising before heading to the battlefields of France in WW1. Her great-nephew Paul Looby tells her storyTue, 16 Jan 2024 11:45:29 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2024/0116/1426805-sisters-in-war-from-the-1916-rising-to-the-front-line-in-ww1/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/war-of-independence/2024/0103/1424568-ireland-then-and-now-british-soldiers-search-a-car/In the early 1920s, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:41:33 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/war-of-independence/2024/0103/1424568-ireland-then-and-now-british-soldiers-search-a-car/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1212/1421592-face-down-the-disappearance-of-thomas-niedermayer/A new documentary tells the shocking story of a German businessman kidnapped and murdered by the IRA. David Blake Knox, producer and author of the book Face Down: The Disappearance of Thomas Niedermayer, explains how the events cast a shadow on the familyTue, 12 Dec 2023 15:15:45 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1212/1421592-face-down-the-disappearance-of-thomas-niedermayer/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/the-great-irish-famine/2023/1205/1420245-revisiting-the-coffin-ships-emigrant-mortality-during-the-famine/Over two million Irish people emigrated abroad between 1845 and 1855. But did they all sail on so-called "coffin ships"? Cian T. McMahon uses the surviving statistics to find out.Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:50:51 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/the-great-irish-famine/2023/1205/1420245-revisiting-the-coffin-ships-emigrant-mortality-during-the-famine/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1113/1416231-surgeons-versus-barbers-how-surgeons-declared-their-independence/In these two short extracts from Every Branch of the Healing Art: A History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dr Ronan Kelly explains the origins of what we call surgery - and tells how surgeons declared their independenceMon, 13 Nov 2023 12:53:18 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1113/1416231-surgeons-versus-barbers-how-surgeons-declared-their-independence/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1106/1414892-what-grave-goods-tell-us-about-pagan-irelands-female-ritualists/In ancient Ireland women were buried with objects suggesting the dead women had been held in high regard by their communities as ritualists or shamans. So what can these graves tell us a lot about the status of the "bean feasa"?John Waddell explainsMon, 06 Nov 2023 11:31:00 +0000https://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1106/1414892-what-grave-goods-tell-us-about-pagan-irelands-female-ritualists/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1027/1413342-ireland-100-an-old-song-resung-the-story-behind-the-show/On Monday October 30th, RTÉ and South Wind Blows concert commemorates 100 years of the Irish State with performances from Dermot Kennedy, Damien Dempsey, Tolü Makay and more. Two of the producers of Ireland 100: An Old Song Resung explain how it happenedFri, 27 Oct 2023 13:02:46 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1027/1413342-ireland-100-an-old-song-resung-the-story-behind-the-show/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1020/1412016-when-the-women-of-ireland-demanded-de-valeras-attention/In 1936 a group of women's organisations wrote to Éamon de Valera to voice their concerns about women's role in the new constitution. Bláithin Ni Chathain, producer and archive researcher of The Records Show, tells what happened nextFri, 20 Oct 2023 15:18:35 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1020/1412016-when-the-women-of-ireland-demanded-de-valeras-attention/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1016/1411116-family-histories-the-postmistress-and-the-revolutionary/When a Cork village postmistress retired in 1919, her daughter Lizzie was the obvious choice of successor. But the authorities were dubious - because of Lizzie's husband's revolutionary activities.... Her grandson Timothy Twomey tells their storyMon, 16 Oct 2023 10:19:11 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1016/1411116-family-histories-the-postmistress-and-the-revolutionary/Historyhttps://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1002/1408546-under-a-southern-sky-an-irish-settlement-in-colonial-australia/Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:26:35 +0100https://www.rte.ie/history/2023/1002/1408546-under-a-southern-sky-an-irish-settlement-in-colonial-australia/History