The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project

This project, conducted by UCC and funded under the Government of Ireland’s Decade of Centenaries Programme 2023, is the first systematic attempt to investigate the number of people killed in the Irish Civil War, 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923. An additional objective was to record and map the results, to assess the geography and chronology of Civil War fatalities, in addition to examining the social profile of victims.

Sources used include the Military Service Pensions Collection (MSPC) and other army service records held at Irish Military Archives, as well as James Langton’s pioneering estimate of National Army fatalities, published in 2019. Commemorative Republican material, including the Last Post, was also consulted and a series of important county studies were invaluable in compiling the database. A full examination of all death certificates for 1922-23 was undertaken, in addition to assorted compensation files and newspapers.

For more information see the RTE page: The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project