The Burning of Knockcroghery Village, Co. Roscommon, 1921 /
On the evening of 20 June 1921, Colonel Commandant Thomas Stanton Lambert was assassinated at Benown near Glasson in Co. Westmeath. Hours later, the small village of Knockcroghery in south Co. Roscommon was set ablaze by the Black and Tans, seemingly in an act of retribution for Lambert's murde...
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Language: | English |
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Dublin : Chicago :
Four Courts Press
2022.
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Series: | Maynooth studies in local history.
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