# 81.3 The Irish Civil War Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-history-of-europe-key-battles-745327/81-3-the-irish-civil-war Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-history-of-europe-key-battles-745327/81-3-the-irish-civil-war.md Podcast: [A History of Europe Key Battles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-history-of-europe-key-battles-745327) Published: 2026-02-13T17:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/ahistoryofeurope/episodes/irish-civil-war Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ahistoryofeurope/e/698670e25ad8bc4f7cb33788/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-history-of-europe-key-battles-745327/episodes/81-3-the-irish-civil-war Duration seconds: 1506 ## Resource A delegation from Ireland meet the British and make an agreement for Irish autonomy but makes a compromise to keep under under the British Crown. The Irish break into two sides, one supporting the treaty, one opposing it and demanding full independence and a republic. The ensuing Irish Civil War left a bitter legacy. Picture: Bombing of the Four Courts Opening Music: The Charlston. End Music by Nico Vettese www.historyeurope.net www.patreon.com/c/historyeurope https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-history-of-europe-key-battles/id788893946 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-history-of-europe-key-battles-745327/episodes/81-3-the-irish-civil-war/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-history-of-europe-key-battles-745327/81-3-the-irish-civil-war.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.