When Loughrea was a ‘den of infamy’ (2014 Article)

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https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/72042/when-loughrea-was-a-den-of-infamy

When Loughrea was a ‘den of infamy’

BY DES KENNY Galway Advertiser, Thu, Sep 04, 2014

WITH ALL the attention being given to the run-up to the 1916 Rising, the event itself, and its aftermath, little if anything has been written in relation to the Land War, which took place some 35 years before Pearse stood in the steps of the GPO and read the Proclamation.

There is a general perception that the Land War was something of a minor blip on the landscape of Irish history. Whereas there may be some grounds for this perception on a national level, the descendants of those who lived in the areas where the Land War was enacted will bear testimony to the contrary; more especially those whose ancestors lived within the so called ‘murder triangle’ of Loughrea, Ardrahan, and Athenry,

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Great book. I might dig it out and read it again.