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On 25 May 1922, one hundred years ago today, a bronze memorial statue to Lord Dunkellin, which had stood in Galway’s Eyre Square for half a century, was dragged from

Over the weekend of 22 and 23 April 1922, Éamonn de Valera, accompanied by Harry Boland and Cathal Brugha (both of whom would soon be killed in the Civil War),

In the early hours of 15 April 1912, 110 years ago today, the ‘unsinkable’ Belfast-built RMS Titanic – on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York – went down

On 29 March 1922, one hundred years ago today, the anti-Treaty IRA evicted the pro-Treaty IRA from Renmore Barracks in Galway.  As with Dáil Éireann, the Irish Republican Army (IRA),

On the 9 March 1922, the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) handed over its city barracks to officers of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and 268 RIC constables and officers departed

Following the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, on 7 January 1922, it was anticipated that the British military would soon be vacating Renmore Barracks and it was suggested that the

As part of Galway City Museum’s Decade of Centenaries series this article takes a look at the departure of D Company Auxiliaries from Galway city one hundred years ago today. 

On 12 January 1922, Dublin Castle issued a statement on behalf of King George V granting ‘a general amnesty in respect of all offences committed in Ireland from political motives

Today, 16 July, is the feast day of St MacDara, a little known sixth-century saint, who has long been revered on the western shores of Co. Galway. He is the