Civil War Conference 2022 Civil War Conference Details and Links

On Friday 23 and Saturday 24 September 2022 the Military Archives and the Military History Society of Ireland hosted a two-day conference examining the military aspects of the Irish Civil War. The conference, held at the Brigade Auditorium in Cathal Brugha Barracks, was supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media. You can watch the full conference below.

Programme 

Download the programme to see what was covered during the Civil War Conference.


Day 1 – Friday 23 September 2022

Conference introduction

Speaker: Commandant Daniel Ayiotis, Officer-in-Charge, The Military Archives


Opening address

Speaker: Lieutenant General Seán Clancy, Chief-of-Staff, Óglaigh na hÉireann


Keynote address

Speaker: Professor Eunan O’Halpin


The strategy of the Anti-Treaty IRA

Speaker: Professor Timothy D Hoyt


Segue


General Emmet Dalton

Speaker: Sean Boyne


General Liam Lynch

Speaker: Gerard Shannon


General Richard Mulcahy

Speaker: Dr Pádraig Ó Caoimh


Documenting the National Army dead

Speaker: Lisa Dolan


The search for peace during the Civil War

Speaker: Dr Eve Morrison


When Fiction becomes fact: the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson MP, Peaky Blinders and the MSPC

Speaker: Ronan McGreevy


The Civil War in Cork

Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel Gareth Prendergast


The Battle of Dublin

Speaker: Liz Gillis


The battle for Limerick and Kilmallock

Speaker: Dr Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc


Closing address

Speaker: Dr Pat McCarthy


Day 2 – Saturday 24 September 2022

The Air Corps and the Civil War

Speaker: Dr Pat McCarthy


The 18-pounder field-gun and the Civil War

Speaker: Sergeant Robert Delaney


Armour and transport in the Civil War

Speaker: Commandant Lar Joye


‘Every county was different’ – the War in the localities

Four 15-minute presentations by:

Dr Tomás Mac Conmara: Clare

Owen O’Shea: Kerry

Dr Donal Hall: Lough/Armagh

Aaron Ó Maonaigh: Wexford


Legacies

Three 20-minute papers by:

Dr Jack Kavanagh: Development of the National Army

Michael Keane: Civil War Dead in the Military Service Pensions Collection

Commandant Stephen MacEoin: Commemorating the National Army Dead


Closing address

Speaker: Brigadier General Tony Cudmore, President of the Military History Society of Ireland