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# Military archives

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'Volunteers were sent for the coffins': New docs reveal IRA activities during War of Independence
The Brigade Activity Files are the latest release by the Military Service Pensions Collection.
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Feb 23rd 2019, 10:00 AM
Mass graves in Rwanda and trying to break the Jadotville seige: Listen to these pieces of Defence Forces history
The Military Archives’ Oral History Project was launched earlier this year.
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Dec 31st 2017, 11:10 PM
IRA spies and 10-year-old dispatch carriers: Inside newly-released military docs
A new collection of documents relating to the revolutionary period have been released.
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Oct 24th 2017, 6:01 AM
Busting the myths of who exactly was inside Dublin's GPO during the Easter Rising...
The GPO Garrison Easter Week, a 30-year labour of love for author Jimmy Wren, aims to say definitively who was present in the landmark building during the seismic events of late April 1916.
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Jan 10th 2016, 7:00 PM
How Michael D Higgins's father fought for Irish independence
New documents offer a fascinating insight into the family’s history.
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Dec 11th 2015, 6:10 AM
First military census shows pressures faced by 1922 army
Head of the new National Army Michael Collins faced serious administrative challenges as new force took over British barracks.
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Nov 13th 2012, 8:23 AM
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
In tonight’s Fix: Priory Hall residents ask Taoiseach to intervene, a reprieve for the Irishmen who fought Hitler, watch out for 125kmh winds, and more…
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Jan 3rd 2012, 8:05 PM