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You are here: Home>Topics>Galway County During the Irish War of Independence, 1919–1921 — Digital Heritage Project>Ambush at Gallagh and Sack of Tuam, July 1920

Ambush at Gallagh and Sack of Tuam, July 1920

First incidents of the Irish War of Independence in the county of Galway.

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    Irish Examiner 21 July 1920
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