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War of Independence

  • The Night Tuam Was Burned

    The Night Tuam Was Burned

    A compilation of contemporary newspaper accounts from The Tuam Herald, The Freeman's Journal, and the Irish Independent, reproduced in the Tuam Herald in 1988
  • Police Run Amok

    Police Run Amok

    Irish Examiner 21 July 1920
  • The Ambush at Gallagh and Sack of Tuam

    The Ambush at Gallagh and Sack of Tuam

    TIMELINE: War of Independence, County Galway: 19th & 20th July 1920
  • 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
  • Ballyturin domestic staff

    Ballyturin domestic staff

    Freeman's Journal Classified pages
  • 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
  • An account of the ambush at Ballyturin House, 1921

    An account of the ambush at Ballyturin House, 1921

    From the National Folklore Collection, UCD
  • Mai O’Dea and the Fahy family, Caherduff, Ardrahan

    Mai O’Dea and the Fahy family, Caherduff, Ardrahan

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