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The Squad: Michael Collins and Bloody Sunday

When Michael Collins ordered the mass assassination of British intelligence agents, it was the "gamble of all gambles" that became the tipping point in the War of Independence

Croke Park the day after Bloody Sunday. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Ninety seconds of horror: Croke Park on Bloody Sunday

A photo claimed to be of the "Cairo gang" of British agents

The deadly toll of the Bloody Sunday assassinations

Michael Collins, Mr Dunphy and Harry Boland, at a GAA hurling match at Croke Park, Dublin 1921. Michael Collins and Harry Boland are both holding hurleys.Image: RTE Archives

Changing sides: the GAA and the War of Independence

Bloody Sunday: A day of horrors, in three acts

Bloody Sunday: A day of horrors, in three acts

Bloody Sunday in maps and artefacts

A ticket for the game at which 14 people were killed

Death in Croke Park: an interactive map tells the story

Vincent Byrne, seen here in 1987, the last surviving member of the Squad who carried out assassinations on Bloody Sunday 1920. He killed Lieutenants Bennett and Aimes in Upper Mount Street

Deaths in Dublin: mapping the assassinations

Tom Hogan's coat and other exhibits from the GAA Museum

The GAA Museum: Remembering Bloody Sunday 1920

Dick McKee, Peadar Clancy and Conor Clune

Shot in Dublin Castle: McKee, Clancy and Clune

Remembering Bloody Sunday and the Intelligence War

Bloody Sunday 1920 - A vivid eyewitness account

Bloody Sunday 1920 - A vivid eyewitness account

Former Tipperary footballer Bill Ryan vividly recalls the events that took place in Croke Park on 21 November 1920, a day subsequently known as Bloody Sunday.

A wreath lies in front of 14 torches on Hill 16 to remember the 95th anniversary of Bloody Sunday

AUDIO: Bloody Sunday commemorated

Frank Thornton

Remembering the Intelligence War

Gus McCarthy - the photo taken by Patrick Kenrick that inspired this week's Documentary On One

Documentary On One - a photograph, a bicycle and Bloody Sunday

Documentary On One

Bloody Sunday 1920

Watch: Bloody Sunday 1920 Documentary

The History Show

The History Show on Bloody Sunday

From Croke Park 21 Novembre 1920: Dimanche Sanglant à Dublin by Sylvain Gâche and Richard Guérineau. Copyright: 2020 Groupe Delcourt, Éditions Delcourt

How a French graphic novel tells the story of Bloody Sunday 1920

The ceremony took place at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin

Headstones unveiled for 1920 Bloody Sunday victims

Photo by Martin Cregg

Photographing the locations of Bloody Sunday

Century Ireland: Bloody Sunday, Kilmichael ambush and mutiny

Edition 192 of Century Ireland with all the news from 100 years ago.

Century Ireland: Bloody Sunday, Kilmichael ambush and mutiny

Bloody Sunday lives

Courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol Museum/OPW KMGLM 19PC-3N12-14

Dick McKee: the Dublin Brigade leader who died on Bloody Sunday

Elizabeth Mernin. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Elizabeth Mernin: The "Little Gentleman" in Dublin Castle

Peadar Clancy: the charismatic "superman" killed in Dublin Castle

Vincent Byrne: the last survivor of Michael Collins's Squad

About the War of Independence project

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