Book Launch - Troubled Times:War and Rebellion in North Galway, 1913-23 by Jarlath Deignan
A new book has just been published that chronicles the revolutionary decade in
North Galway. Troubled Times: War and
Rebellion in North Galway, 1913-23 is written by local GP Dr. Jarlath
Deignan who is a member of the Old Tuam Society. The book discusses the various
episodes that occurred during the pursuit of Irish freedom from a local
perspective, including the Great War, Easter 1916, the War of Independence, the
Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Civil War. The
region of North Galway witnessed significant events in all phases of the
revolutionary period and is described by the author as a microcosm of the
country as a whole.
Major events
that occurred in the region are explored in detail. These include the Gallagh
ambush in July 1920 when two RIC constables were killed and the subsequent sack
of Tuam, the ambush at Kilroe near Headford in January 1921 and the summary
execution of four men by Crown forces in retaliation, and the execution of six
republican prisoners in Tuam by the Free State in 1923. Other events, including
the experience of local men fighting the Great War, the arrest of Sean
MacDiarmada at an anti-recruitment rally in Tuam in 1915, and the participation
of Volunteers from North Galway in the 1916 Rising, are also detailed. Lesser
known events too are chronicled; among them the boycott against Belfast goods initiated
by Tuam traders and the evacuation of Crown
forces from barracks in the region following ratification of the Treaty.
Troubled Times: War and Rebellion in North Galway,
1913-23 provides a fascinating insight into a tumultuous decade and allows it to
be understood in its entirety. The Old Tuam Society is delighted to support the
book launch at the Ard Rí House Hotel, Tuam, on
Friday 8 November 2019 at 8 pm. Dr. Martin O’Donoghue, lecturer in Irish and
British History at Northumbria University, is the guest speaker. All are
welcome.
Date: Friday November 8th at 8 pm
All welcome
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