07:25 Ireland’s oldest woman (108) on how her long life is thanks to ‘new nettles’
-Sarah Coyle has lived through two pandemics, the Civil War and even the War of Independence
- The Irish Times
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05/04 Buy a piece of Irish history: Whyte’s auction includes 1916, Civil War and JFK-visit archive news reels
-Event showcases historical artefacts, manuscripts, photographs, and militaria of significant import
- The Irish Times
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05/10 Atlas of the Irish Civil War. New Perspectives: History presented with imagination and innovation
-Issues raised in third volume of historical series are at core of concerns still with us today
- The Irish Times
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28/07 Inside Grenane House, one of the oldest lived-in houses in Ireland: ‘It has never been bought or sold’
-Grenane House in Co Tipperary, which has been in the same family’s hands for its 300-year history, opens to the public at certain times of the year
- The Irish Times
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21/07 ‘Ireland’s freedom was not won, it was given’: Historian’s new book casts fresh light on old struggle
-Cambridge-based historian John O’Beirne Ranelagh interviewed 100 former members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood during the 1970s. Much of the material has been unused - until now
- The Irish Times
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15/06 The long shadow of a gunmnan: Weapon used to kill Kevin O’Higgins may still be out there
-The gun used to assassinate the Free State minister for justice in 1927 was still in use in the 1970s during the Troubles
- The Irish Times
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29/04 How many people died violent deaths in the Irish Civil War?
-Two historians have come up with as definitive a figure as can be estimated
- The Irish Times
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