Why grenades and bombs from Ireland's war years still turn up
Why grenades and bombs from Ireland's war years still turn up Updated / Friday, 12 Feb 2021 16:00 Bombs found by the British Auxiliaries in an IRA bomb factory at Heron and Lawless bicycle shop on Dublin's Parnell Street in December 1920. Photo: Joseph Cashman/RTÉ Cashman Collection/RTÉ Stills Library The discovery of a grenade dating from the War of Independence in Dublin's Grand Canal close to Harold's Cross bridge made headlines last summer. However, as Lar Joye, Port Heritage Director at Dublin Port, and former curator of the Military Collections at the National Museum, explained to...
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