Irish League of Nations entry 100 years ago marked its independence on world stage
Britain argued the Free State’s foreign affairs should be led from London, but Cosgrave forged ahead
Century: 1923 Birth of a Nation
How an independent Ireland was built from ruins of the Civil War. 1923 Birth of a Nation is part of the Century Series.
100 years ago today: ‘The arms with which we fought the enemies of the country are to be dumped’
The end of the Irish Civil War and 10 years of revolution
Diarmaid Ferriter: Fledgling Free State faced challenges on many fronts after Civil War
Following a bitter and exhausting conflict, the new government’s priority in 1923 was state building
Lights, camera, retraction! Why the Free State government was so quick to appoint a film censor
As with social media today, there were fears about movies’ potential effects on mental health and politics
1923 in 23 objects: Turbines, petrol pumps and a triumph at dinnertime
In what was a heady year we also got the first Irish stamp, a customs border and WB Yeats’s Nobel medal
Burning down the big house: Why were so many country houses owned by former Anglo-Irish landlords destroyed during 1920-1923?’
Big houses were the homes of the former Anglo-Irish landlord class, most dating from the early 18th century
‘Suspect’ women: Why were more than 500 females imprisoned during the Civil War?
No women were executed but there were hunger strikes and some died after becoming ill in jail
My family and the Civil War: ‘It was barely spoken about growing up’
Relatives of participants in the conflict reflect on how it shaped their families down the generations
Forgotten dead: The dozens of men executed by Ireland’s National Army
It was a desperate response by the first Irish government to the Civil War. They believed only the most severe measures could stop the violence
Building a nation: Eight key challenges faced by the State
In spite of adversity, Ireland became one of the few newly independent states to survive as an uninterrupted democracy
Order to dump arms followed the death of IRA leader Liam Lynch
The anti-Treaty IRA was losing military momentum when its chief of staff was killed in April 1923
League of Nations: How Ireland joined ‘great institution for peace’
Gaining membership required complicated diplomacy, illustrating challenges for new state on world stage
What happened in 1923? From Civil War to nation building
A timline of events from the end of the War of Independence to WB Yeats winning the Nobel prize
Terror month: Violence in March 1923 reached new depths of depravity
Co Kerry was the scene of some of the most barbaric acts of the Civil War. Why did it last so long there?
Iarmhairtí na réabhlóide: an imirce
B’fhacthas cuid shuntasach de na poblachtaigh a chuir i gcoinne an chonartha Angla-Éireannaigh nach raibh deiseanna ar fáil dóibh sa Saorstát agus gurbh í an deoraíocht a bhí rompu
Who killed Noel Lemass, the brother of former taoiseach Seán Lemass, in 1923?
A review of the evidence finds a Free State intelligence officer as the most likely culprit
Michael D Higgins: Dark shadows were to flow from the period we have been commemorating
The period that followed the 1920s would see Mother and Baby Homes, abuse of Magdalene women and attempts to control women’s reproductive capacity
An opportunity to reflect on sensitive and emotive events
Final year of Decade of Centenaries programme recalls first step in Ireland taking its place on world stage
In the classroom: approaching ‘1923′ in senior cycle
Many areas addressed by contributors in this resource link directly to the Leaving Cert syllabus
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