1919–23
The Irish
Revolution
The struggle for Irish independence, 1919–23. From the First Dáil and the War of Independence to the Treaty and Civil War.
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Michael Collins: The Final Hour
The final hour at Béal na Bláth, told from both pro-Treaty and anti-Treaty perspectives.
1922 · 1 hr 48 mins
WATCH NOW →1918 — Road to the War
The aftermath of 1916, the 1918 election, conscription, and the preparation for a new phase of the struggle.
Michael Collins Part 2 — 1918
Collins’s organisation, intelligence and the preparations before the War of Independence.
1918 · 1 hr 43 mins
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The Trade Unions and Conscription
The labour movement and the national resistance to conscription in 1918.
1918 · 15 mins
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Conscription 1918
The conscription crisis, filmed at the Mansion House centenary conference.
1918 · 17 mins
WATCH FILM →War of Independence 1919–21
The guerrilla campaign, intelligence war and political struggle after the First Dáil.
Dan Breen and Seán Treacy — Part 1
Soloheadbeg, the Third Tipperary Brigade and the opening of the war.
1919 · 50 mins
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Dan Breen and Seán Treacy — Part 2
Dublin, Michael Collins, the Squad and the attempted ambush of Lord French.
1919–20 · 51 mins
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Michael Collins Part 3
The First Dáil, prison escapes, intelligence and the new administration, January to June 1919.
1919 · 1 hr 28 mins
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Michael Collins Part 4
Intelligence, arms and the Squad, June to September 1919.
1919 · 1 hr 22 mins
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1920 — Burning of the Barracks
Hollyford, Drangan and Rearcross, and the attacks on the RIC barracks.
1920 · 1 hr 2 mins
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Bloody Sunday 1920 — The Morning
The intelligence operation in Dublin on the morning of 21 November 1920.
1920 · 1 hr 15 mins
WATCH FILM →Treaty and Civil War 1921–23
The Treaty divided the movement and led to civil war.
Michael Collins — The Last Days
The final journey through Cork and the circumstances of Béal na Bláth.
1922 · 1 hr 5 mins
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Michael Collins — The Final Hour
The last hour at Béal na Bláth, from both sides of the Treaty split.
1922 · 1 hr 48 mins
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Ernie O’Malley — No Surrender
An IRA commander through the War of Independence and the Civil War.
1919–23 · 1 hr 17 mins
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The Hales Brothers
A family divided by the Treaty, with brothers on opposing sides.
1916–23 · 24 mins
WATCH FILM →Revolutionary Lives 1918–23
The people and networks behind the revolution.
Harry Boland’s Revolutionary Family
From Dublin to America, and Boland’s death in 1922.
1916–22 · 46 mins
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Patrick McHugh — Master of Munitions
The bomb-maker who supplied the war and, later, the anti-Treaty IRA.
1916–23 · 33 mins
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Molly O’Reilly
From Liberty Hall in 1916 to intelligence work and a hunger strike in 1923.
1916–23 · 16 mins
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