This video shows the National Graves Association ceremony marking the centenary of the attack on the Four Courts by the pro-treaty faction which started the Irish civil war on 28 June 1922. The text at beginning of the video is from a pamphlet by Frank Gallagher, 'By What Authority' (Irish Nation Commitee, 1923), available at: ...

People of the Revolution

"Our enemies [operate] upon a shifting sand of lies: it will
be overwhelmed by time and tide."
Dorothy Macardle, anti-treaty publicist, writing about the end of the Irish civil war in 'The Losing Day' published in Éire, 9 June 1923.
Nora O'Keeffe from Glenough, Co. Tipperary, was appointed as a regional organiser of Cumann na mBan by Brighid O'Mullane, the organisation's national organiser. She had returned to Ireland in 1919 with Margaret Skinnider and was immediately involved in revolutionary activity, such as disposing of the gelignite captured at the Soloheadbeg ambush....
Dr Tim Horgan's speech
04/03/2025
The National Graves Association held a commemoration to mark the centenary of the assault on the Four Courts on 28 June 1922 which started the Irish civil war. This is Dr Tim Horgan's speech.
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