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National Army casualties of Civil War Ambush in 1923 remembered in Offaly

Oliver Mulpeter was heard to say he ‘would not miss it for the world’ and carrying the national flag, which he proudly bore as the nephew of one of the wounded soldiers, he was among the first to arrive at a commemoration earlier this month of the ...

23 Jan 2023 at 14:17

Tullamore Tribune

Offaly History lecture on Civil War takes place tonight

THE grand daughter of leading War of Independence and Civil War figure, Frank Aiken will give this month's Offaly History Lecture. Dr Síobhra Aiken (Queen’s University Belfast) talk entitled “Was there a silence about the Irish Civil War” will be ...

17 Apr 2023 at 12:12

Tullamore Tribune

THE BIG READ: Young soldier killed in Civil War ambush in Offaly

THE Lieutenant featured in this article was my granduncle Matthew Cullen and Monday the 29th of August 2022 marked the 100th anniversary of his death, when he, along with a small party of National Troops [Free State army] from Tullamore Barracks ...

27 Oct 2022 at 22:00

Tullamore Tribune

HISTORY: National Army fatal casualty of Civil War ambush in Offaly remembered

A memorial event to remember Cadet Patrick (P.C.) White of Blessington who died in the days after a Civil War ambush in Offaly was held recently. Patsy White was a soldier of the National Army and was wounded in a Civil War ambush at Raheen in ...

10 Feb 2023 at 09:36

Tullamore Tribune

National Army casualties of Civil War Ambush in 1923 remembered in Offaly

19 Jan 2023 at 10:52

Tullamore Tribune

Sold-out talk on the burning of country houses in Offaly

A sold-out talk on the burning of country houses in Offaly will take place tonight (April 14) as part of a series of lectures hosted by the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates, History Department, Maynooth University, ...

14 Apr 2022 at 08:00

Tullamore Tribune

HISTORY: The spark that lit the Civil War subject of history talk in Offaly

'Ireland's Sarajevo' is the title of a lecture to be presented by Irish Times journalist and author, Ronan McGreevy in Tullamore on Monday night next. The lecture is presented in person and online through Zoom at Offaly Histry Centre, ...

07 May 2023 at 13:06

Tullamore Tribune

The burning of Tullamore courthouse, jail and barracks by the anti-Treaty IRA in 1922

THE outcome of the general election in June returned a vote which was substantially in favour of supporting the acceptance of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921. In Laois-Offaly all four pro-Treaty candidates were elected with ...

21 Oct 2022 at 22:00

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Grand daughter of leading War of Independence figure to give Offaly History lecture

THE grand daughter of leading War of Independence and Civil War figure, Frank Aiken wil give this month's Offaly History Lecture. Dr Síobhra Aiken (Queen’s University Belfast) talk entitled “Was there a silence about the Irish ...

10 Apr 2023 at 18:47

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Gravestone of Offaly's first Civil War fatality restored following historian's appeal

THE gravestone of the first fatality in the Civil War in Offaly has been restored following an appeal by a local historian. Last year Dr Philip McConway called on Ulster Bank to restore the headstone of its Tullamore branch ...

27 Jan 2023 at 12:18

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THE BIG READ: Offaly's first Civil War fatality - the killing of the manager of the Ulster Bank in Tullamore

SPORADIC violence erupted in the midlands before the pro-Treaty National Army shelled the IRA occupied Four Courts in Dublin, officially starting the Civil War on 28 June 1922. The most serious incident occurred in Athlone ...

28 Jul 2022 at 18:00

Tullamore Tribune

Five people from Offaly sought to attend national Civil War event

Five people from Offaly with close relatives involved in the Civil War will attend a formal ceremony for a healing moment of reconciliation, remembering everyone who lost their lives in the Civil War. The ceremony, on May ...

20 Apr 2023 at 16:15

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