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Extraordinary exhibit in the Museum of Country Life, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
November 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Extraordinary exhibit in the Museum of Country Life, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
The Ballinalee Rolls Royce armoured car captured from Free State forces by Republicans in Sligo at the Rockwood ambush on the 13th of July 1922. Also photo of Republican driver Christy McLynn. Both photos courtesy of the Padraig Kilgannon collection.
August 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Ballinalee Rolls Royce armoured car captured from Free State forces by Republicans in Sligo at the Rockwood ambush on the 13th of July 1922. Also photo of Republican driver Christy McLynn. Both photos courtesy of the Padraig Kilgannon collection.
McQuaid's stepbrother Eugene served in the Free State army and was killed in an ambush outside Newport Co Mayo on the 22nd of February 1923. Fascinating file in the Military Service Pensions Collection.
July 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
McQuaid's stepbrother Eugene served in the Free State army and was killed in an ambush outside Newport Co Mayo on the 22nd of February 1923. Fascinating file in the Military Service Pensions Collection.
Old Market Street, Sligo town April 1922 and July 2025. Free State soldiers with the Ballinalee armoured car (captured by Republican forces three months later at the Rockwood ambush) during the visit of Arthur Griffith to the town.
July 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Old Market Street, Sligo town April 1922 and July 2025. Free State soldiers with the Ballinalee armoured car (captured by Republican forces three months later at the Rockwood ambush) during the visit of Arthur Griffith to the town.