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<p>A colourised photo of then taoiseach Éamon de Valera inspecting a guard of honour in August 1940 at Collins Barracks, Cork. Picture: Irish Examiner Archive</p>

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Mick Clifford: 50 years after his death, what is Éamon de Valera's political legacy?

Dev is remembered for maintaining democracy in Ireland in the 1930s — but also for abandoning northern nationalists and his pointlessly inflammatory Civil War rhetoric

<p>Lieutenant John Joseph Smith, the motor cycle scout at Béal na Bláth, who was wounded in the neck, but survived.</p>

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Motorbike that led Michael Collins’ convoy to Béal na Bláth unveiled in West Cork museum

Clodagh Finn: The woman who took the last known photo of Michael Collins

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Sarah Harte: The GPO deserves more than offices and retail — it needs cultural investment

Crowd Watching the Burning of Four Courts Building

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Pioneering project releases more lost Irish records spanning 700 years

Thousands take part in Cork's Eucharistic Procession amid 'a very uncertain world'

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Thousands take part in Cork's Eucharistic Procession amid 'a very uncertain world'

Clodagh Finn: Lessons in the extraordinary power of forgiveness

Clodagh Finn: Lessons in the extraordinary power of forgiveness

Una O’Higgins O’Malley was a woman nearing 60, with a long record of peace activism, when she discovered the names of the men responsible for killing her father

Sat, 19 Apr, 2025

Michael Moynihan: Stuck for a superb Christmas gift? This one rewards every reader

S Michael Moynihan: Stuck for a superb Christmas gift? This one rewards every reader

If anyone in your house enjoys history, politics, or revolution then this is the book to buy

Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

Cork collector says he will never sell his priceless Michael Collins memorabilia

Cork collector says he will never sell his priceless Michael Collins memorabilia

Noel Scannell has amassed such a collection of unique Michael Collins pieces that his home is like a museum — and he wouldn't have it any other way

Sun, 24 Nov, 2024

Clodagh Finn: A street in dire need of women

Clodagh Finn: A street in dire need of women

Dublin City Taskforce report includes plans to redevelop the GPO as a major public building with a new museum. If it goes ahead, it should include the stories of all the other forgotten women of O’Connell Street and environs

Sat, 26 Oct, 2024

Decision to execute Richard Barrett in reprisal for TD's murder 'so vindictive and so wrong'

Decision to execute Richard Barrett in reprisal for TD's murder 'so vindictive and so wrong'

Tánaiste unveils memorials in West Cork to commemorate the centenary of the reinternment of anti-Treaty republican leader

Sun, 20 Oct, 2024

All fatalities of Irish Civil War listed for the first time in new book

All fatalities of Irish Civil War listed for the first time in new book

The 'Atlas of the Irish Civil War: New perspectives' commits to print for the first time a list of all combatant and civilian fatalities of the war

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

Crowd Watching the Burning of Four Courts Building

The Irish Civil War: Politics by other means

Between the start of the war and the ‘dump arms order’, almost 1,500 fatalities were identified from the Civil War, writes Andy Bielenberg

Sat, 04 May, 2024

UCC launches website about all fatalities in the Irish Civil War

UCC launches website about all fatalities in the Irish Civil War

Interactive maps on the Irish Civil War Fatalities Project site details all those who died, along with a wealth of further information

Mon, 29 Apr, 2024

Remembering Cork’s longest-serving mayor: It wasn’t always smooth sailing for Seán French

Remembering Cork’s longest-serving mayor: It wasn’t always smooth sailing for Seán French

Seán French was elected as Lord Mayor of Cork 100 years ago today. While he served 12 terms, Aodh Quinlivan and John Ger O’Riordan explain why it wasn’t smooth sailing for French

Tue, 30 Jan, 2024

Good Friday Agreement

Letters to the Editor: Courts are not the path to reconciliation

Truth Recovery Ireland offer views on Ireland's legal action against the UK's new Troubles legacy law, while other readers look at a range of topics including mental health services

Tue, 26 Dec, 2023

Munster

The long overshadowed story of the burning of Mitchelstown Castle

The biggest neo-Gothic house built in Ireland was destroyed by anti-treaty forces during the Civil War

Thu, 09 Nov, 2023

Jamison Gibson-Park kicks past David Sisi 27/2/2021

How The Garryowen got its name during game in Charleville amidst the Civil War

Ireland’s last game in the pool section of the Rugby World Cup will be against Scotland on October 7, four days short of the 101st anniversary of how 'The Garryowen' is believed to have got its name during a rugby game in Charleville amidst the civil war

Sat, 02 Sep, 2023

Martin Manseragh to deliver oration in Cork to commemorate War of Independence fighter

Martin Manseragh to deliver oration in Cork to commemorate War of Independence fighter

Former political adviser to three taoisigh will deliver the oration at the commemoration to mark the 101st anniversary of the death of James O'Callaghan

Thu, 31 Aug, 2023

Photos and letters belonging to Treaty Ports negotiator to go on display on Spike Island

Photos and letters belonging to Treaty Ports negotiator to go on display on Spike Island

Tipperary native Patrick Maher negotiated the handover of all forts in Cork harbour to the Irish government in 1938 and later became manager of Shannon Airport

Wed, 23 Aug, 2023

'Pragmatism of Michael Collins' needed to continue good relations between Ireland and UK

'Pragmatism of Michael Collins' needed to continue good relations between Ireland and UK

Tommie Gorman delivered the oration at Béal na Bláth in Co Cork this afternoon on the 101st anniversary of the death of Michael Collins

Sun, 20 Aug, 2023

Mick Clifford: MacSwiney’s legacy is being stolen by Sinn Féin

S Mick Clifford: MacSwiney’s legacy is being stolen by Sinn Féin

Next Sunday, Terence MacSwiney’s grave is set to be robbed in the name of rewriting history. The graverobbing will be metaphoric but is worthy of comment.

Sat, 19 Aug, 2023

Film classification office accused of leaking 'Banshees of Inisherin' Civil War complaint

Film classification office accused of leaking 'Banshees of Inisherin' Civil War complaint

Other complaints were made about the 15A rating of the movie 'M3GAN' and the use of the word ‘bugger’ in 'Puss in Boots'

Mon, 14 Aug, 2023

Ceremony of reconciliation

S Fergus Finlay: Donohoe complaints and ‘tax cut’ cries just FG brand assertion

There is room for some modest tax changes, but there are far more important issues than that around

Tue, 30 May, 2023

Mother with little baby boy at the beach on sunset

Terry Prone: Weather like this brings the world to my doorstep for a day on the beach

All over Ireland, the sun brings families back to their favourite beaches — including 'my' little cove, Tower Bay near Portrane

Mon, 29 May, 2023

Mick Clifford: Mark their sins but acknowledge strengths of first post-Civil War government

Mick Clifford: Mark their sins but acknowledge strengths of first post-Civil War government

Conservative, insular, and often brutal, WT Cosgrave’s first government still merits positive reappraisal, writes Mick Clifford

Wed, 24 May, 2023

McDonald calls for Citizens' Assembly on reunification at Liam Lynch centenary

McDonald calls for Citizens' Assembly on reunification at Liam Lynch centenary

Some 500 people marched up a winding country road to mark the centenary of the death of Irish republican Liam Lynch at his home under sloping mountains near Anglesborough, Co Limerick.

Mon, 10 Apr, 2023

Four bronze wolfhounds guard monument commemorating events of a century ago

Four bronze wolfhounds guard monument commemorating events of a century ago

How Liam Lynch came to die in the Knockmealdown Mountains: the century-old story behind this 20-metre high round tower

Mon, 10 Apr, 2023

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

War of Independence Podcast

A special four-part series hosted by Mick Clifford

Available on
www.irishexaminer.com/podcasts

Commemorating 100 years since the War of Independence

The Burning of Cork

Longread

We look at the historical context and reproduce the original report from our archives which details one of the darkest days in the city's history.

Commemorating 100 years since the War of Independence

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