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• General Liam Lynch 101st year Anniversary Memorial Mass, 14th April 2024 - Some photos from the General Liam Lynch 101st year Anniversary Memorial Mass which took place on Sunday 14th April 2024 in Newcastle.

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• Beautiful framed memorial to his Uncle General Liam Lynch, presented. - Matthew Houlihan is with Christy O Callaghan and Liam Lynch Centenary Newcastle at The Liam Lynch Monument. Beautiful framed memorial to his

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• Podcast from Nugent’s Pub in Newcastle on Morning Ireland on Spotify, 10th April 2023. - Shane McElhatton, Series Editor for the Decade of Commemorations, reports live from Nugent’s Pub in Newcastle, Tipperary as the town marks the

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• Annual Commemoration Event at Newcastle Community Hall 10th April 2023 - Annual Commemoration Event at Newcastle Community Hall. Oration led by Eamon O’Cuiv TD.
• Plaque unveiling at Nugent’s Pub in recognition of the events that took place in the house on April 10th 1923 - Unveiling of Plaque at Nugents Pub in recognition of the events that took place in the house on April 10th 1923.
• Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Liam Lynch Monument 2023 - The crowds assembled on this glorious and very special morning on the Knockmealdown Mountains to pay tribute to Liam Lynch at the

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• Screening of “The Dying Days – The Final Journey of General Liam Lynch 1923” - Newcastle Community Hall – Screening of “The Dying Days – The Final Journey of General Liam Lynch 1923” Film Film Produced by

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• “Follow the Footsteps” walking tour – on Sunday 9th April 2023 - Just under 100 walkers left Newcastle to “Follow the Footsteps” taken by General Liam Lynch 100 years ago tomorrow. We left the

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• Launch of Gerry Shannons book – “To Declare a Republic”on Saturday Evening 8th April 2023 - We had a Full house tonight for the Launch of Gerry Shannons book- “To Declare a Republic”. Some words from Gerry Shannon:

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• Historical Bus Tour on Saturday 8th April 2023 - Great buzz around this morning as our first event got underway. Two full bus loads headed off on our historical bus tour

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• History of the Day – 07 April 1923 - On this day 07 April 1923. Liam, Frank Aiken and Sean Hyde left Pierre Wall’s in the Nire Valley and walked to

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• History of the Day – 6th April 1923 - On this day, the 6th of April 1923. Liam Lynch, Frank Aiken and Sean Hyde, crossed through The Gap in the Comeragh

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• History of the Day – 4th April 1923 - On the 4th April 1923 Liam Lynch, Frank Aiken and Sean Hyde left “Katmandu” safehouse, near Mullinahone, to head for Araglin and

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• Safehouses of South Tipperary - This is the house Liam Lynch stayed in on the night of the 9th of April 1923. It belonged to Michael Condons

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• Katmandu – It’s NOT where you think it is. - Katmandu is not where you think it is. This one is in Poulacapple between Mullinahone and Callan. Katmandu was a hideout, a

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• Kirwan’s Graigavalla – Liam Lynch stayed there more than once. - After the Executive meeting in the Nire on March 26th, 1923, Liam Lynch, Frank Aiken, and Sean Hyde crossed the Comeragh Mountains

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• Hɪsᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ Dᴀʏ – 26th Mᴀʀᴄʜ 1923 - Profile of Tom Derrig present at the meeting in the Nire with Liam Lynch on the 26th March 1923 Derrig, Thomas (Ó

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• Hɪsᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ Dᴀʏ – 25th Mᴀʀᴄʜ 1923 - The Executive meeting continues at James Cullinanes Bliantas the executive meeting started on the 23rd and continues through 24th, 25th and 26th

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• Hɪsᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ Dᴀʏ – 24ʀᴅ Mᴀʀᴄʜ 1923 - Sean Dowling (1896 – 1988). We are going to profile some of the lesser known participants who attended the Executive meetings in

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• Hɪsᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ Dᴀʏ – 23ʀᴅ Mᴀʀᴄʜ 1923 - A meeting was to be held in the Goatenbridge area, probably at Nugent’s of Poulatar, on March 15th, 2023. As neither the

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• The Eamon Bulfin Legacy Pipe Band from Argentina will join us in Newcastle on Easter Monday - We are really looking forward to welcoming the Eamon Bulfin Legacy Pipe Band who will join us for our parade in Newcastle

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• Capture of District Inspector Gilbert Potter – April 23, 1921 - On April 23, 1921 District Inspector Potter is captured by the 3rd Tipperary Brigade, IRA, following the Hyland’s Cross Ambush. This occurs

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• The Newcastle Company of the Third Tipperary Brigade 1919-1923 - The 3rd Tipperary Brigade,based in South Tipperary was one of the most active of all such units that constituted the Irish Republican

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• HISTORY OF THE DAY, ON THIS DAY – 18TH MARCH 1952 - In the early 1950s one of Liam Lynch’s biographers, Florence O’Donoghue, advertised in various Irish Newspapers asking for people’s memories of Liam

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• HISTORY OF THE DAY, ON THIS DAY – 17TH MARCH 1923 - On the 17th March, Liam Lynch left Gurteenflugh on the first stage of his journey to the Executive meeting, the venue of

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• A Brief History of the Liam Lynch Monument - After the end of the Civil War in May 1923 Ireland was not a friendly place for any person who took an

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• History of the Day – On this Day 15th March 1923 - As early as the 2nd of March, General Liam Lynch proposed a meeting of the Executive to be held on the 15th

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• Matt Houlihan recounts the role his granduncle Bill Houlihan played on the 10th of April 1923 – Video - From: John Foley Images. A lovely piece of oral history here. Matt Houlihan recounts the role his granduncle Bill Houlihan played on

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• 𝗔 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝘅𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 - Following the Establishment of the Liam Lynch Memorial Committee in Feb 1934, whose goal it was to build a fitting memorial to

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• LIAM LYNCH THE EARLY YEARS - Liam was born near Anglesboro, Co. Limerick, in the townland of Barnagurraha in November 1892. He was the fifth of seven children

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• 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗠 𝗟𝗬𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗥- 𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪 - We are delighted to say that our General Liam Lynch Commemorative Calendars are on sale now. They have been delivered to our

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• Destruction of Tubrid House or”Ministers Hill” - Tubrid house or the “Ministers Hill ” as its known locally sits overlooking the Tubrid Area outside Cahir. It was home in

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• Tipperary Book Launch of Gerard Shannon’s new book “Liam Lynch – To Declare a Republic” - We are delighted to announce that as part of our General Liam Lynch Centenary Weekend that we will host the Tipperary Book

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• RTE NATIONWIDE VISITS NEWCASTLE - As part of an RTE Nationwide programme on the end of the Irish Civil War, we were delighted to welcome RTE Nationwide

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• The Liam Lynch Monument was unveiled on the 7th April 1935 - The Liam Lynch Monument was unveiled on the 7th April 1935. Over 7000 people arrived in Newcastle from all over the Country

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• Our friends in Fermoy are holding a General Liam Lynch Centenary Commemoration on Easter Sunday 9th April at 2pm - As part of our Centenary Weekend we are delighted to support our friends in Fermoy who are holding a General Liam Lynch

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• 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗰𝗵, 𝗧𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿: 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗲 - Grandniece of General Liam Lynch Dolores Lyne has created a wonderful exhibition called to the letter, where she follows some of Liam’s

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• LIAM LYNCH AND THE CAPTURE OF GENERAL LUCAS - In June 1920 , Liam Lynch engineered one of the most famous incidents of the war of Independence. Liam was Brigade Commandant

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• Members of the Ballybacon B Company 6th Battalion, 3rd Tipperary Brigade. - Michael Condon Crough Lower listed here was a Volunteers during the War of Independence and on the Anti Treaty side in the

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• Very Rare Map from The Third Tipperary Brigade - When viewed up close it has great detail in it. In December 2021, Tipperary Studies received an historic map on loan from

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• General Liam Lynch Commemorative Calendar. Available online now - ** ON SALE ONLINE NOW ** Be the First to secure your limited print edition General Liam Lynch Commemorative Calendar by purchasing

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• John Foley talks about Liam Lynch and the making of his film “THE DYING DAYS” - Who was Liam Lynch? When people ask me that, I ask them if they know who Michael Collins was. When Michael Collins

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• The Building of the Liam Lynch Monument - A very rare picture of the Liam Lynch Monument nearing completion built before the days of safe pass.The Monument was built by

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• MEMORABILIA – On loan to us - We just received into our possession today the Irish Volunteer hat of Bill Houlihan it is over 100 years old. Bill was

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• SAFE HOUSES OF COUNTY TIPPERARY – KATMANDU - Katmandu in Mullinahone Co. Tipperary – the forgotten hideout of the Troubles where General Liam Lynch among others often stayed What was

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• SAFE HOUSES OF SOUTH TIPPERARY – KNOCKNAREE - PIERY WALL KNOCKNAREE Piery Wall, lived in Knocknaree in the Nire Valley, locally he was called the Bard of Knocknaree. Piery’s sharp

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• SAFE HOUSES OF SOUTH TIPPERARY – CROHAN, NEWCASTLE - Crohan Newcastle Co. Tipperary – The Houlihan house provided a safehouse during the War of Independence and the Civil war on the

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• HISTORY OF THE DAY. On this day 89 years ago, 23rd Feb 1934. - 23rd Feb 1934 the first meeting of the Liam Lynch Memorial Committee was held. The purpose of the meeting was to form

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• 𝗔 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:- “𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀” 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿. - Our Centenary weekend will kick off with a “Follow the Footsteps” Historical Bus Tour which will travel across the significant locations visited

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• The Liam Lynch Monument was officially unveiled on the 7th April 1935. - Crowds of over 7000 people travelled from all corners of Ireland to pay homage to their fallen hero, General Liam Lynch, Chief

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• “The Dying Days” Screening 9th April in Newcastle. (Video Trailer) - Not to be missed and screening in Newcastle on the 9th of April at 7 pm .The much acclaimed film is a

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• On Display in the National Museum of Ireland, in Dublin - General Liam Lynch just had his automatic pistol on him in the shootout in Crohan Newcastle, this was taken by his comrades

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• Great coverage of our plans for our Centenary Weekend in today’s Irish Examiner. - Our Liam Lynch Memorial Committee has held a Commemoration in Newcastle every year since 1935 and we are delighted that our extensive

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• Liam Lynch Memorial Round Tower (Video) - On the 7th of April 1935 a 60ft (18 mtrs) round tower monument was erected on the spot where General Liam Lynch

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• The Nurses At St Joseph’s Hospital in Clonmel - At St Joseph’s Hospital in Clonmel, where Liam Lynch was brought, two nurses with local connections were present: Brigid Halley from Goatenbridge

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• A TRAGIC LOVE STORY on Valentines day 100 years ago. - The young Irish Republican Army leader died on April 10, 1923, leaving behind a local girl he’d promised to marry after hostilities

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• At the Waterford County Council launch of “The Dying Days” - At the Waterford County Council launch of “The Dying Days” by John Foley Images. Dolores Lyne Liam Lynch’s grand niece and Mary

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• Spies and informers during the War of Independence in Tipperary - Thomas Kirby, an ex-British soldier from Golden, came to the attention of IRA intelligence after he was seen drinking with members of

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• Waterford County Council Premier of “The Dying Days the final journey of General Liam Lynch” - We are very excited to be invited to the Waterford County Council Premier of “The Dying Days the final journey of General

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• Public Call for Memorabilia - We are really interested in any memorabilia that anyone has relating to the War of Independence /Civil War and we intend having

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• A Suir Cot, also called a Carrick Cot - The cot. Florence O’Donoghue’s book, “No other law”, describes Lynch crossing the river Suir on three occasions between Late February and early

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• Liam Lynch’s blood soaked hankerchief - Liam Lynch’s blood soaked hankerchief embroidered afterwards by members of Cumann na mBhan.        
• Whiskey was purchased for the Free State firing squad - Tough times during the Civil War whiskey was purchased for the Free State firing squad. The Free State Soldiers would have been

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