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Letters to the Editor: When civil disobedience becomes plain old criminality
A reader spells out the type of civil disobedience employed by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr
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SFergus Finlay: Donohoe complaints and ‘tax cut’ cries just FG brand assertion
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Mick Clifford: Mark their sins but acknowledge strengths of first post-Civil War government
McDonald calls for Citizens' Assembly on reunification at Liam Lynch centenary

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McDonald calls for Citizens' Assembly on reunification at Liam Lynch centenary
Four bronze wolfhounds guard monument commemorating events of a century ago

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Four bronze wolfhounds guard monument commemorating events of a century ago
Liam Lynch: The story of a ‘gifted guerilla commander’
Liam Lynch: The story of a ‘gifted guerilla commander’
Regarded as 'a great soldier of Ireland' even by his opponents in the Civil War, General Liam Lynch's death on April 10, 1923, is being commemorated with a new biography, art exhibition and parades with bands from Argentina and the US

Mon, 10 Apr, 2023

Irish Civil War: Thousands take part in Liam Lynch centenary commemoration in Fermoy
Irish Civil War: Thousands take part in Liam Lynch centenary commemoration in Fermoy
Bands from the US and Argentina join commemoration of a man described at his graveside as 'a soldier's soldier'

Sun, 09 Apr, 2023

Clodagh Finn: Meet the woman who ran the Mansion House for decades
S Clodagh Finn: Meet the woman who ran the Mansion House for decades
When the lord mayor of Cork, Donal Ó Ceallacháin, called to the Mansion House in Dublin in 1921, Mary O’Sullivan turned him away. She didn’t like the look of him.

Mon, 03 Apr, 2023

Rare IRA jail paintings in Co Cork to be preserved 
Rare IRA jail paintings in Co Cork to be preserved 
Old Bridewell jail in Kanturk to be converted into museum and cultural centre in €6m project

Mon, 27 Mar, 2023

Letters to the editor: How much longer can the housing crisis go on?
Letters to the editor: How much longer can the housing crisis go on?
Government must take ownership of the crisis

Mon, 20 Mar, 2023

Mick Clifford: Cold-blooded Civil War mass murders reverberate around Kerry a century later
Mick Clifford: Cold-blooded Civil War mass murders reverberate around Kerry a century later
Mick Clifford tells the shameful story of the murder by Free State troops of five young men — and how a senior garda and a civil servant helped thwart the subsequent attempt to cover it up

Sun, 12 Mar, 2023

Mick Clifford: Sinn Féin’s distortions conveniently ignore big truths about the Civil War
Mick Clifford: Sinn Féin’s distortions conveniently ignore big truths about the Civil War
The party no longer espouses the socialist republic for which the provisional movement killed so many — but it needs to take ownership of its own history

Sun, 05 Mar, 2023

Civil War massacre in Ballyseedy marked the darkest day for a family at war 
Civil War massacre in Ballyseedy marked the darkest day for a family at war 
The involvement of relations on either side of the Ballyseedy atrocity 100 years ago next month has resonated down the decades for John O’Shea’s family, writes Mick Clifford

Sun, 05 Mar, 2023

Clodagh Finn: The women who tried to tunnel out of the ‘Irish Bastille’
Clodagh Finn: The women who tried to tunnel out of the ‘Irish Bastille’
Early female activists endured jail and hunger strikes, but today they face another kind of imprisonment — suspended in the stocks of a no-holds-barred social media

Sat, 04 Mar, 2023

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Owen O'Shea on the centenary of the Ballyseedy massacre
The Mick Clifford Podcast: Owen O'Shea on the centenary of the Ballyseedy massacre
Neither political party which grew out of the civil war “covered themselves in glory” in how they treated those who were injured and damaged during the conflict, according to historian Owen O’Shea.

Fri, 03 Mar, 2023

Sexual assault used as a 'deliberate tactic' in Kerry during Civil War, conference told
Sexual assault used as a 'deliberate tactic' in Kerry during Civil War, conference told
Sexual assault was deployed as a "deliberate tactic" during the Civil War, a conference in Kerry has heard.

Sun, 26 Feb, 2023

Cork and Kerry treated as 'hostile foreign country', civil war conference hears 
Cork and Kerry treated as 'hostile foreign country', civil war conference hears 
Civilian women suffered a lot, including harassment, being jailed and sexual violence

Fri, 24 Feb, 2023

Sinn Féin criticised over plan to host its own Ballyseedy massacre commemoration
Sinn Féin criticised over plan to host its own Ballyseedy massacre commemoration
Eight young anti-treaty volunteers were tied around a mine and blown up in March 1923 in the massacre

Wed, 22 Feb, 2023

Mick Clifford: Sinn Féin's Ballyseedy ceremony more about the present than the past
Mick Clifford: Sinn Féin's Ballyseedy ceremony more about the present than the past
The massacre at the townland outside Tralee was the outrage that came to define, for many, the brutality of the civil war

Wed, 22 Feb, 2023

Nationwide events planned to mark 100 years since death of rebel leader Liam Lynch
Nationwide events planned to mark 100 years since death of rebel leader Liam Lynch
Committees dedicated to celebrating the life of General Liam Lynch are planning a wide programme of events, writes Sean O’Riordan

Mon, 20 Feb, 2023

Bid to alter official account of Ballyseedy Civil War massacre
Bid to alter official account of Ballyseedy Civil War massacre
Ahead of the centenary on March 7, Kerry Sinn Féin councillors want to have a new account of the atrocity officially recorded

Sat, 18 Feb, 2023

General Liam Lynch's final movements brought to life in docudrama
General Liam Lynch's final movements brought to life in docudrama
Film focuses on the activities of the IRA commander in the Nire Valley and Knockmealdown mountains in the days leading up to his death in 1923

Thu, 02 Feb, 2023

Dark events in Kilflynn and Ballyseedy became a microcosm of Ireland’s Civil War 
Dark events in Kilflynn and Ballyseedy became a microcosm of Ireland’s Civil War 
Overlooking the tranquil meander of the Shanow River is the small, rural, North Kerry village of Kilflynn whose history is interwoven with the savage legacy of civil war.

Sun, 29 Jan, 2023

Call to find relatives of former comrades of legendary Cork War of Independence leader
Call to find relatives of former comrades of legendary Cork War of Independence leader
People who have connections with General Liam Lynch are being asked to attend a special meeting in Fermoy, Co Cork, this Sunday, January 29, where plans are being made to celebrate his life on the 100th anniversary of his death

Wed, 25 Jan, 2023

Letters by anti-Treaty soldiers before execution show the tragedy of the Civil War
Letters by anti-Treaty soldiers before execution show the tragedy of the Civil War
The last letters written to their parents by two executed anti-Treaty soldiers the eve of their deaths are striking reminders of dignity, forgiveness and lives unnecessarily wasted during Ireland’s Civil War, on the centenary of their deaths, which ...

Sun, 22 Jan, 2023

Irish Civil War: The Battle of Kenmare and the IRA’s 'September offensive' in Kerry 
Irish Civil War: The Battle of Kenmare and the IRA’s 'September offensive' in Kerry 
In September 1922, the IRA launched attacks on Kenmare and Killorglin, representing some of the largest Republican offences of the Civil War, writes Dr Richard McElligott

Thu, 19 Jan, 2023

Dramatic intervention by bishops in Irish Civil War politics
Dramatic intervention by bishops in Irish Civil War politics
The Irish hierarchy’s pastoral letter of 1922 forbidding republicans from receiving the sacraments showed a partisanship not appreciated by Rome, writes Gabriel Doherty

Mon, 09 Jan, 2023

Irish Civil War: ‘Rather gruesome to talk of’ — Why the conflict in Kerry was so bitter and divisive 
Irish Civil War: ‘Rather gruesome to talk of’ — Why the conflict in Kerry was so bitter and divisive 
A wall of silence has long surrounded the scale and brutality of the violence in Kerry, not least the deaths of 173 people

Sat, 07 Jan, 2023

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Irish Civil War: A hallmark of the conflict was its tragedy of errors
A vast arsenal of guns was handed over to untrained young men. Small wonder so many deaths happened by accident

Sat, 07 Jan, 2023

Irish Civil War: Cork and Kerry's darkest days claimed 400 lives 
Irish Civil War: Cork and Kerry's darkest days claimed 400 lives 
The bitter conflict dragged on for months into 1923 with killings and reprisals including a number of notorious atrocities 

Fri, 06 Jan, 2023

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