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A new Battle of the Boyne?

A new Battle of the Boyne?



Jim Wells makes the case for denying planning permission to the extension of the Irish Cement works at Platin, Co. Meath, and the Indaver incinerator at nearby Carranstown, both within the ‘footprint’ of the Battle of the Boyne.
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Jackie Clarke Library
Jackie Clarke Library

The Moy, Pearse St., Ballina, Co. Mayo

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Battle of the Somme: two Irish icons go to an international exhibition
Battle of the Somme: two Irish icons go to an international exhibition

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Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War: the Irish connection
Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War: the Irish connection

Irish emigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century ventured much further afield than the east coast enclaves of New York and Boston. They were often the prime movers—not always heroically—in the events that shaped the emerging society further west. Pat Murphy explores the Irish connection in one of the episodes that became part of the folklore of the ‘Wild West’.

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Waterford County Museum—world champions
Waterford County Museum—world champions

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From the files of the DIB...The Ramelton ‘rover’
From the files of the DIB...The Ramelton ‘rover’

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