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On the morning of April 27 1746 the Duke of Cumberland calmly moved his army of 8,000 men into position before a colourful Scottish array of 7,000 highlanders, including about 150 Irishmen then serving in the Irish Brigade in France. The place was Culloden, south east of Inverness.

THE GALWAY City Council’s bulging-at-the-seams title of a new play - The Rising, And By Way Of Interludes World War I - bulges at the seams with some of the key events from Irish history.

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The scene of a bloody battle between Catholics and Protestants should become an international tourist attraction, according to Galway-based Minister Eamon O Cuiv.