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William Mellows was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, where his father, Staff Sergeant William Mellows, was then stationed. His father had ambitions for the son to become the fourth generation of the family to serve in the armed forces, but after they moved back to Ireland, Liam became steadily disillusioned with the British Government. He lived in Dublin for a time and spent a lot of time living in his grandparents house in Co Wexford, where his mother came from.

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President Michael D. Higgins has announced the availability to the public of "Machnamh 100 – Centenary Reflections, Volume 1." The book is availabl...

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Reflections on the Centenary of the Government of Ireland Act Speech 10 December 2020 Queens University Belfast   I welcome very much this opportunity to reflect, together with Brandon and Arlene and Michelle and this panel of eminent historians, on the centenary of the Government of Ireland Act. History does not come with neat beginnings and endings, but the passage of this Act in 1920, through which the Westminster Parliament gave its approval and legal underpinning to par...