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On 24 September 1922, anti-treaty IRA Lieutenant John ‘Jack’ Lohan of Wood Quay was shot and killed by the Free State Army near McHugh’s public house at Killeen, on the

On 22 August 1922, one hundred years ago today, Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins was killed in a Republican ambush in his native west Cork. Though just 31 years of

On 12 August 1922, one hundred years ago today, Arthur Griffith – nationalist editor and journalist, founder of Sinn Féin, lead negotiator of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, and President of Dáil

This week’s Collections Spotlight, for the week that’s in it, is a ticket for admittance to the Hogan Stand, Croke Park for the 1964 All-Ireland Football Final, Galway versus Kerry

On 30 June 1922, after 60 hours of shelling by the Free State Army, the Republican garrison in the Four Courts surrendered and IRA leaders Rory O’Connor, Liam Mellows, Richard

The republican daily, Poblacht na h-Eireann (sic) was first published on 28 June, the ‘Seventh Year of the Republic’, the first day of the Free State attack on the Republican

The Irish Civil War began 100 years ago today. On 28 June 1922, after several months of uneasy tension between Free Staters and Republicans over the Treaty, the Provisional Government

On 20 June 1922, Liam Mellows – who had just lost his Galway seat in the recent general election – delivered an oration at the annual pilgrimage to the grave

This week, in conjunction with Galway County Council and An Garda Síochána, the Museum launched its new temporary exhibition to mark the centenary of the establishment of the Civic Guard