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1920s

  • A Loss to Science and A Loss to Ireland -- the Clifden Marconi Station

    A Loss to Science and A Loss to Ireland -- the Clifden Marconi Station

    Irish Independent, 3 August 1922
  • Aftermath: Headford Barracks Attack

    Aftermath: Headford Barracks Attack

    A compensation claim was made by a shop owner whose property was damaged during the attack.
  • An account of the ambush at Ballyturin House, 1921

    An account of the ambush at Ballyturin House, 1921

    From the National Folklore Collection, UCD
  • An account of the shooting of Capt John Lohan by National Forces

    An account of the shooting of Capt John Lohan by National Forces

    Connacht Tribune, 30 September, 1922
  • Auction of Ballyturin House and Lands, 1937

    Auction of Ballyturin House and Lands, 1937

    The House was left to fall to ruins after the IRA ambush at its gates in May, 1921
  • Ballydugan House

    Ballydugan House

    Landed Estates Database
  • Ballyturin House

    Ballyturin House

    Landed Estates Database
  • Burnings and panic follow ambush at Ballyturin

    Burnings and panic follow ambush at Ballyturin

    Galway Advertiser 18 October 2012
  • Capture of Clifden

    Capture of Clifden

    Connacht Tribune 19 August 1922
  • Castlegar Cross

    Castlegar Cross

    Republican Monument in Castlegar, County Galway
  • Castlegar Honours I.R.A. Men and Chaplains

    Castlegar Honours I.R.A. Men and Chaplains

    Dedication of Republican Monument, Connacht Sentinel, 27 March 1951
  • Civil War in Galway by Nollaig O Gadhra

    Civil War in Galway by Nollaig O Gadhra

    A 12 part series published in 1998 in the Tuam Herald to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Irish Civil War
  • Clifden's Terrible Sunday (Connacht Tribune)

    Clifden's Terrible Sunday (Connacht Tribune)

    Recounting the events that led to the destruction of Clifden's Marconi Radio Tower
  • Deadly Attack Headford Barracks

    Deadly Attack Headford Barracks

    An account of the events of 8 April 1923 in the Connacht Tribune
  • Defying Terror

    Defying Terror

    Jeremiah Mee, Glenamaddy and the Listowel Mutiny, 1920
  • Firing Squads Bring the Civil War to a Close

    Firing Squads Bring the Civil War to a Close

    From the Galway Advertiser, 24 November, 2011
  • Galway Engagement — Outside Galway — Between Regulars and Irregulars

    Galway Engagement — Outside Galway — Between Regulars and Irregulars

    Galway Observer, 15th July, 1922
  • Graphic Story of Clifden Fight

    Graphic Story of Clifden Fight

    Irish Independent, 21 August 1922
  • Headford Barracks

    Headford Barracks

    Site of a mine assault by Anti-treaty Forces in April of 1923
  • Headford Fight -- Inquest

    Headford Fight -- Inquest

    Connacht Tribune 14 April 1923
  • Lieutenant John Donnellan

    Lieutenant John Donnellan

    Fell the day Free State Troops took control of Galway in July 1922
  • Lovely Annaghdown

    Lovely Annaghdown

    A ballad penned in honour of Martin Moylan, one of the six executed in Tuam on 11 April, 1923
  • March 1921: Fever in Lettermullen

    March 1921: Fever in Lettermullen

    from The Tuam Herald, 12 March 1921
  • National Loss-- Wreck of Clifden Station

    National Loss-- Wreck of Clifden Station

    from The Sligo Champion 5 August 1922
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