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The Four Courts and the Civil War

The Four Courts played a major role at the start of the Civil War in 1922.

Read on to learn about the battle, Rory O'Connor and the O'Connor communiqué now on permanment display in the Four Courts.

Constitution of the Free State 1922

To mark the centenary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Irish Free State (Bunreacht Shaorstáit Éireann) by Act of Dáil Éireann on 25 October 1922, the National Archives and the Courts Service of Ireland present a unique event: a dramatic re-enactment of the proceedings of the 1922 Constitution Committee, performed in the Constitution Suite of the Shelbourne Hotel where the committee met.

Click the link watch the reenactment video (hosted on YouTube).

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The Decade of Centenary Commemorations Committee commemorated the historic events of 1922. To find out more about the programme of events that took place, you can still download our Centenary Programme..

You can also access a day-by-day account of events during the occupation of the Four Courts in 1922 on our dedicated Twitter page @FourCourts100 which will continue to include other significant events following the battle for the Four Courts, the rebuilding and the new courts system that came into being in 1924. 

Four Courts 100 App

Our app is now available to download from the Apple Store and Google Play Store – to download, please click on the store names, or use the QR code to access the page on our App website..

The app provides a fascinating account of the tumultuous events in 1922 that helped shape the country.

From the moment it was first built to its reconstruction after the Civil War, this app lets you discover the story of the Four Courts no matter where you are.