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Ambushes and attacks marked War of Independence in Kildare
The 2021 prorgramme of talks and seminars to mark the centenary of 1921 events is likely to move online due to Covid-19 restrictions
24 Jan 2021
Men from the North Kildare (1st) Battalion at Rath Internment Camp 1921. Pic: Kildare Local Studies, Newbridge Library
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Since 2012 the Local Studies Department, Kildare County Library Service, and the County Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee have been commemorating local people and events of the 1912-1923 period, as well as Kildare’s connections to national and international events.
The programme of commemorations began with Kildare people on board the ill-fated Titanic, and has included events and publications on Great Lock-out, World War I, the Easter Rising and the War of Independence. ....

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