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.
Created byRuán Magan
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- EN
- First aired
- December 11, 2022
- Last aired
- December 13, 2022
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
Season 1
Episodes
No episodes found for this season.
Featuring
Cast & crew
Brendan Gleeson
Narrator
- Created by
- Ruán Magan
- Showrunner
- John FitzgeraldColm Crowley
- Written by
- Ruán Magan
- Produced by
- Patricia Carroll
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