New research and a digital mapping project, listing all of the combatant and civilian fatalities in the Irish Civil War, was launched at the end of April. Called The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project, it covers one of the most complex periods in Ireland’s history.
For decades, historians of the Irish Civil War have resorted to estimates when surveying the human cost of the conflict. Now a rigorously researched database and interactive map lists all of the combatant and civilian fatalities in the thirty-two counties between the opening shots of the Civil War on June 28, 1922 and the ceasefire and dump arms order on May 24, 1923.
Dr. Andy Bielenberg, Principal Investigator of the Irish Civil War Fatalities Project and Senior Lecturer at University of College Cork’s School of History, said, “The interactive map will be an invaluable tool for researching family history, local history, and filling in gaps in our knowledge about the Civil War.”
The University College Cork headed up the project in partnership with RTÉ and the Irish Military Archives.
