Outbreak of the Irish Civil War

Date: June 28, 1922 • Location: Rialto, Ireland

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1922–1923.

The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.

The Irish Civil War was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire.