Westmeath's Decade of Centenaries

Episode 2 - Local and National Perspectives on the Truce, July 1921


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In this episode, Dr Paul Hughes and guest Dr Marie Coleman discuss the Truce of July 1921. The Truce brought a provisional halt to the war between the Irish Republican Army and the forces of the British Crown, paving the way for peace negotiations that would eventually lead to the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

More details on the War of Independence can be found at the Westmeath County Council Blog.

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Westmeath's Decade of CentenariesBy Westmeath Historian in Residence