Looking forward to giving the oration this morning at 11am at the #Republican plot in Mallow.

If you’re in the area, do stop by. 🇮🇪

#IrishCivilWar #Easter1916 #WarOfIndependence

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Solemn commemoration of the #Ballyseedy Massacre today with @MichealMartinTD , organised by @kerryfiannafail.

An honour to meet the family of Stephen Fuller (the only survivor) at the event. Stephen served with distinction as a FF TD in the 1930s & 1940s.

#irishcivilwar

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On 14 February 1923, the management of Dublin's soon-to-open Fountain Picture House placed a teaser ad in the Evening Herald headed "City Film Offices Raided To-Day," probably a reference to the arson attack that destroyed Pathé's Dublin office the previous week. #EarlyIrishCinema1923 #IrishCivilWar #CinemaHistory

#OTD 1923, Meath Chronicle carried the full story of how the film Man-Woman-Marriage (US: Holubar, 1921) rescued from a Civil War arson attack on a train at Drumree on 24 January had been shown at the Navan Picture Palace the following night. #EarlyIrishCinema1923 #Navan #IrishCivilWar #SilentFilm #CinemaHistory

This week 1923, cinemas & theatres became part of the Irish Civil War in Cork, when anti-Treaty forces demanded they close when their members were being executed and the National Army insisted they remain open under pain of arrest. Image: Irish Independent. #EarlyIrishCinema1923 #IrishCivilWar #Cork

A correspondent to the Irish Independent #OTD 1922 suggested that censors widen their focus from sex in films to violence in Westerns after a group of youngsters carried out a mock lynching, an example of how cinema promoted lawlessness in Civil War Ireland. #EarlyIrishCinema1922 #IrishCivilWar #FilmCensorship

The Cork Examiner reported #OTD 1922 that a National Army armoured car used in an Irregular attack on the village of Ballymackeera had been stolen by its driver - an Irregular spy - while the rest of the crew was at the cinema in Bandon. #EarlyIrishCinema1922 #IrishCivilWar

This week 1922, shots were fired at the Picture House, Kilmallock during a performance at which National Army personnel were present. After an exchange of fire, some lying on the floor and some fainting, the screening proceeded. Image: Evening Echo. #EarlyIrishCinema1922 #IrishCivilWar #Kilmallock

#OTD 100 years ago, the #IrishCivilWar started with members of my extended family taking both sides with my immediate family taking an Anti-Treaty position.

They stood by their beliefs & their ideals with this conflict shaping our country’s political landscape to this day.
RT @rtenews: Today marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. The conflict lasted almost a year, cost 2,000 lives, and devastated the c…

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