The Irish Civil War(2022)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2022-12-11
Average Runtime: 52m
Rating: 8.5
Votes: 4
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
The 3-part documentary series The Irish Civil War tells the epic and often challenging story of the origins, conflict and legacy of the civil war that took place in Ireland in 1922 and 1923. Narrated by Brendan Gleeson, produced in partnership with University College Cork by RTÉ Cork as part of the Decade of Centenary commemorations and based on UCC’s “mammoth and magnificent” Atlas of the Irish Revolution, this documentary series features extensive archive film footage, photographs and materials, interviews with leading academics, archive interviews with contemporary participants and witnesses, firsthand witness accounts read by actors, detailed and dynamic graphic maps based on those featured in the Atlas of the Irish Revolution, and stunning cinematography of the very locations where events took place.
Keywords
irish historywarhistoryirish
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 3E01
One People, Many Voices
Air Date: 2022-12-11
This episode explores the events leading up to the outbreak of hostilities between those who supported and those who ...
E02
The End of a Dream
Air Date: 2022-12-12
This episode explores the conventional phase of the civil war. The fledgling Government, egged on by Churchill, opens...
E03
Divided at Birth
Air Date: 2022-12-13
This episode explores the guerrilla phase of the Civil War. After the pro-treaty forces retook many large towns, repu...
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