Westmeath County Council, as part of its Decade of Centenaries programme, invites entries to a new essay competition open to all senior cycle students. The competition is focused on Westmeath during the War of Independence (1919-1921 ) and/or Civil War (1922-1923 ). Contributors are asked to write about any aspect of that period in Westmeath’s history. Contributors may concentrate on a particular person, group, organisation, place or event. Apart from political and military topics, contributions on cultural, social and sporting topics are welcome.
The deadline for entries is 5pm on Thursday, November 3, and the full competition details can be found at http://www.westmeathcoco.ie/decadeofcentenaries.
