Release Date

11 Dec, 2022

Runtime

00:52: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

3/1

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

The Irish Civil War

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Season 1

11 Dec, 2022

Created By

Ruán Magan

Actors

Brendan Gleeson

Crew

Ruán Magan

Ruán Magan

Patricia Carroll

John Fitzgerald

Colm Crowley