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  • January 18, 2016
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After Easter 1916

by John Tully St. Judes, Barrack Street, Athenry. ————————————————– The soldiers stainless sword is handed in Which flashed so brighly on that Easter morn. When like the phoenix thro’ the…

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  • December 28, 2015
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Monsignor Thomas Fahy

by Rev. Martin Coen Article provided by Joe Monaghan. Galway lost one of its most distinguished citizens at the death of  “Father Tom” Fahy, which took place at his home,…

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  • December 21, 2015
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The Easter Rising in Galway

As soon as the Great War broke out in August 1914, members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (I.R.B.), operating as a secret caucus within the Irish Volunteers, began to plan…

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  • December 1, 2015
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Easter Week 1916

As told by James Cleary, Athenry, to Etienne Rynne, Autumn 1977. Following on the formation of the Midland Volunteer Force, in Athlone, in Autumn 1913, the rest of the country soon…

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