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A 1922 election poster

Kildare Local History: June ‘22: The last chance for peace
Historian James Durney examines the effects of the June 1922 election in Kildare
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Lt Gen O'Connell hoisting the tricolour on the water tower of the Curragh

Local History: The final farewell to the British army in Kildare

Prisoners at the Rath Camp. Picture: Kildare Library Service

Kildare Local History: When the gates flew open for Rath Camp prisoners in 1921

The dispatch sent to the 1st Eastern Division on 9 July, 1921, received at Naas

How the Leinster Leader reported the 1921 War of Independence truce

Crowds gathered outside Dublin's Mansion House on the day of the truce

Local history: Kildare 1921 truce marred by horrific fatal blaze in Newbridge

A reenactment of the confrontation with Philip Dunne, courtesy of the Prosperous Heritage Festival Reenactment Group

100 YEARS AGO: Darkness before the Dawn in last weeks of War of Independence in ...

File photo of the Black and Tans on bicycle patrol

Local History: Black and Tans in Kildare during the War of Independence

In this photo recreating the Hill of Allen ambush, Edward Tracey leads the Prosperous Company across Mylerstown bog. Photos courtesy of Prosperous Historical Society Reenactment Group

The Hill of Allen Ambush: ‘Twenty minutes saved the Black & Tans from destructio...

Black and Tans in a Crossley Tender

Black and Tan terror on Naas and Kill streets 100 years ago

Pat and Tom Domican, who were involved with the Kill Ambush, pictured at the Republican Plot in 1966

Kildare History: Fatal War of Independence RIC ambush was unpopular in Kill

Auxies pictured in Dublin

Local history: Tans and Auxies meant a summer of mayhem in 1920s Ireland

The Leinster Leader report from June 12, 1920

Local history: Motion to condemn Easter Rising rescinded at 1920 Kildare council...
From the archives
James Durney

Frank Burke from Carbury played for Dublin in Croke Park on Bloody Sunday

History: 1920 saw strikes, Auxies and burning streets in Kildare

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