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Public lecture — ‘The Civil War: A Centenary Perspective’
The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society holds a timely lecture on the Irish civil war of 1922-23 in the Inis Mor ballroom of the Galmont Hotel, on Monday April 11 at 8 pm.
Ireland could have been a world war battlefield
In the early hours of Friday April 21 1916, two days before the Easter Rising was scheduled to begin, a German submarine surfaced off the Kerry coast, and three men set out for the shore in a small dinghy. On board were Sir Roger Casement, and two other men Robert Monteith and Daniel Bailey. As they neared the shore the dinghy capsized, and the men arrived on Banna Strand in Tralee Bay, drenched and exhausted.
Matters Longford to the fore as centenary celebrations acknowledge the right of women to vote
Well, Longford has really emerged with a bang in this pre-Christmas season. We had two notable events in Longford over last weekend.
