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<p>In the 1940s the land where Mitchelstown Castle had stood was sold to the co-operative movement with the Dairygold factory now sitting where the castle once stood. File picture: Dan Linehan</p>

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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
<p>Justice Minster Helen McEntee, Irish Prison Service director general Karen McCaffrey, and prison governor Mark Kennedy at the opening of the new facilities at Limerick Prison. Picture: Brendan Gleeson</p>

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Letters to the Editor: It would be better to work towards keeping people out of prison
<p>Rugby's famous tactical kick, the Garryowen, is believed to have got its name during the height of the Irish Civil War more than 100 years ago. Here, Ireland's Jamison Gibson-Park launches one past David Sisi of Italy in their 2021 Six Nations game in Rome. Picture: INPHO/Matteo Ciambelli</p>

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How The Garryowen got its name during game in Charleville amidst the Civil War
Martin Manseragh to deliver oration in Cork to commemorate War of Independence fighter

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Martin Manseragh to deliver oration in Cork to commemorate War of Independence fighter
Photos and letters belonging to Treaty Ports negotiator to go on display on Spike Island 

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Photos and letters belonging to Treaty Ports negotiator to go on display on Spike Island 
'Pragmatism of Michael Collins' needed to continue good relations between Ireland and UK

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

Republic of Ireland Squad Homecoming - FIFA Women's World Cup 2023
Letters to the Editor: The FAI's begrudging support for the women’s soccer team
Readers consider topics including the cost-of-living crisis, history, and sport — while one grieving parent writes that the Sale of Alcohol Bill will adversely affect Ireland's health and wellbeing 

Mon, 07 Aug, 2023

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

Wed, 31 May, 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

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

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