New project highlights fatalities during Irish Civil War

A new research project into the Irish Civil War found the number of people who died in the conflict may have been overestimated.
The Civil War lasted 11 months from 28 June 1922 to 24 May 1923 and was over the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in November 1921.
The Treaty formally ended the War of Independence, set the stage for British withdrawal from most of Ireland and the handover of power to an independent Irish government.
The research was led by University College Cork in partnership with RTÉ and the Irish Military Archives by Principal Investigator and Professor Andy Bielenberg and Historian and Research Assistant John Dorney.
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