Historic Film Clips Collection

A collection of over 30 film clips covering historic events in Ireland and bringing notable people in history to life. View events such as the Dublin strikes, the Easter Rising, signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921, Civil War, Michael Collins' funeral, the Eucharistic Congress, the Londonderry riots in 1969, the Common Market Referendum and the signing of the Hillsborough Agreement. The footage provides the opportunity to see key figures of our recent past in action including Éamon de Valera, Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith, Countess Markievicz, William T.  Cosgrave, Edward Carson, Liam Cosgrave and Jack Lynch.  

The film clips cover a range of time from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1980s and are courtesy of the Irish Film Archive, Gael Linn, British Pathe News, British Movietone and ITN Source.