A new book on the 1923 election notes the Farmers Party’s traction and the role of women, writes Pauline MurphyVying for Victory: The 1923 General Election in the Free State is the first book to focus on the pivotal election at the end of the Irish Civil War.Newly published by
The Rocks Mauldintown, Wexford was planted with 1325 native trees as part of ‘The 100 Million Trees Project’. The project which was launched last year in Co. Wexford is a national community-driven initiative developed by brothers, Richard and David Mulcahy. The project’s aim is to plant 100 million native Irish trees throughout the next decade to reverse the environmental damage caused by the reduction of forests worldwide.
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Riverstick native Denis Barry, refusing to accept the 1921 Anglo Irish Treaty, went on hunger strike in 1923, and 34 days later, in the Curragh hospital, he died. Family and friends will remember him fondly this monthBY ROBERT HUMEA century ago this very month, Ireland’s bigges