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On this week: "Young people of Ireland, I love you"

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On this week: an arms trial, a prison break, and a world premiere

RTÉ 100: In Concert - watch the event here

RTÉ 100: In Concert - watch the event here

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RTÉ 100 - In Concert: the people behind this live celebration

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RTÉ Guide flashback: memories of the Emergency

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On this week: Stevie Wonder, World War II and a Liffey swim

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1980s Ireland: The Kerry Babies Case

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Cropped collage for Féile 95

RTÉ Guide flashback: was this the ultimate '90s festival?

Ceili-House

Céilí House celebrates RTÉ 100

Arena with Rick O'Shea

RTÉ 100: Arena Live at the Irish Embassy in London

1926 Census Form

The 1926 Census - LIVE at Listowel Writers' Week

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James Joyce: The jealous rage that inspired Ulysses

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Census 1926

Search the Census 1926

The GAA: Founding a Movement podcast for Leaving Cert History

Shirley Jones, US actress and singer, Brian Forster, US actor, Suzanne Crough, US actress, Susan Dey, US actress, Danny Bonaduce, US actor, and David Cassidy, US actor and singer, pose leaning out of the windows of a bus in a group portrait issued as publ

RTÉ Guide flashback: 1970s teens defend their favourite shows

May Gibney, courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol Museum/OPW

History in pictures: themed image galleries and exhibitions

History in pictures: themed image galleries and exhibitions

Colourised image

The War of Independence in colour series

Alice Ball from Black Women in History by Charlot Kristensen

Black Women in History

Elizabeth Mernin

War of Independence lives: meet the people who changed history

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Sean O'Casey – The Irish Rebel playwright

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Stardust – How a national tragedy turned into a national scandal

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The Ballyseedy Massacre (Part 2)

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The Ballyseedy Massacre (Part 1)

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The Papal Visit 1979

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1980s Ireland: The Kerry Babies Case

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The brilliant poetry and turbulent life of Patrick Kavanagh

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Bobby Sands, Margaret Thatcher, and the 1981 Hunger Strikes

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All aboard the Contraceptive Train

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1926 Census Form

The 1926 Census - LIVE at Listowel Writers' Week

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Pictures of the Past

Ireland then and now: explore the interactive series

Ireland then and now: explore the interactive series

An image from the exhibition

The National Library of Ireland presents From Turmoil to Truce

Women protesting outside Mountjoy Jail, Dublin in 1920.

In Pictures: Hunger Strikes and Protests

May Gibney in uniform Courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol Museum/OPW 19PO-1A22-27

Portraits and Pamphlets: A Cumann na mBan Gallery

The History Show on RTE Radio 1

Bringing the past to life with Myles Dungan and guests

The History Show on RTE Radio 1

Bitesize History: watch the short videos

More Bitesize History: watch the short videos

How internees rebelled during the Civil War

How internees rebelled during the Civil War

12 Labour - Civil War Conference - Landscape v2 10Feb23

12 Labour - Civil War Conference - Landscape v2 10Feb23

The Occupation of the Four Courts

The Occupation of the Four Courts

How did Victorian artists depict the Famine?

How did Victorian artists depict the Famine?

De Valera in America

De Valera in America

The RIC

The Dáil Ban

The First Dáil

Cumann na mBan

Watch and listen

Nan Hogan

Impossible conditions: Nan Hogan's family share her prison letter

Jennifer Nuttall

Jennifer Nuttall tells the story of how her family was threatened

The memorial at Drumboe

"Too young to die": remembering the executed men of Drumboe

Children being evacuated from the streets around O'Connell Street during the Battle of Dublin

A three minute guide to social class and the Civil War divide

National Army soldiers on O'Connell St in summer 1922

A three minute guide to the Battle of Dublin

Gavin Foster, filmed at the Irish Civil War National Conference at UCC in June 2022

Wall of Silence: Memory and the Civil War

The Four Courts in flames

A two minute guide to the Battle of the Four Courts

Battle of Dublin

History resources for secondary teachers and students

Based on the Atlas of the Irish Revolution from UCC, these downloadable workbooks, lesson plans, overviews and document packs make historical research accessible to secondary school students from Junior Cycle to Leaving Cert

A montage of images from the RTE History website

The Great Irish Famine

The Great Irish Famine

The War of Independence

The War of Independence

The Civil War

Explore women's history on RTÉ History

From the RTÉ Archives

"Nothing Else Mattered": Sighle Humpreys of Cumann na mBan

"Nothing Else Mattered": Sighle Humpreys of Cumann na mBan

What was it like to be involved in Cumann na mBan during its first revolutionary decade? In this 1984 interview, Sighle Humphreys shares her memories.

Earnán de Blaghd, Robert Barton and James Ryan (1969)

Standing For An Irish Parliament

Maire Comerford remembers the first meeting of the Dáil

Maire Comerford remembers the first meeting of the Dáil

Dan Breen on the Soloheadbeg ambush

Dan Breen on the Soloheadbeg ambush

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