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| Famous People Trail (0.60km) |
Here in the course of this Historical Trail
we are commerating more recent times and events in Irish
History and some of the great achievers from an Irish and
local point of view. The 'selected few' were chosen purely
on a personal evaluation of national and local history
and the general popularity of the person commemorated
We trust that you can admire the portraits on view and
feel enriched through the achievements of some of our better
known ancestral greats and predecessors. |
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The Easter Rising - Dublin 1916
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| The Easter Rising Trail (0.50km) |
| This trail provides an introduction to what
has become known as the 'Easter Rising', when seven of
its leading protagonists took possession of the General
Post Office in O'Connell Street, Dublin on Easter Monday
- April 24th 1916. They set up headquarters within the
building, formed a Provisional Government and issued a
Proclamation stating their aims for the people of Ireland,
and calling the nation to rise and support their cause. |
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The War of Independence
1918 - 1922
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| War of Independence Trail
(0.50km) |
The War of Independence was heralded by a
big swing to militant parties following an election in December
1918. In the following month (January 1919) a group of 27
elected members of Sinn Fein met in Dublin, where they drew
up an Irish Declaration of Independence. A Ministerial cabinet
was selected and Eamon deValera was named the first president
of the Irish Republic, although in jail at the time. On the
same day that this group met in Dublin and formed the first
Dail, members of the militant Irish Volunteers (IRA) ambushed
a lorry carrying ammunition in Co. Tipperary, killing two
policemen. The incident marked the beginning of the War of
Independence, and for the next 2½ years the IRA and
the British Army were engaged in the 20th Century's first
guerrilla war.
The trail relates to the events that occurred in the North
Cork area. |
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