{"id":17814,"date":"2021-11-30T03:02:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T03:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T03:02:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T03:02:20","slug":"war-of-independence-book","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/","title":{"rendered":"War of Independence Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">The War of Independence erupted in Co. Galway in the summer of 1920. The autumn and winter of that year witnessed much violence in Galway city and county. Between the Gallagh Ambush, near Tuam, on 19 July 1920 and the Anglo-Irish Truce of 11 July 1921, as many as fifty people lost their lives as a result of the conflict in Galway, city and county.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Since the summer of 2020, Brendan <span>McGowan \u2013 Education and Outreach Officer at Galway City Museum and co-curator of the Museum\u2019s Revolution in Galway, 1913-1923 exhibition \u2013 has been researching and writing a series of commemorative illustrated articles on some of the key incidents in the War of Independence in Galway. In doing so, he has been liaising with the relatives of those involved on both sides of the conflict and with local community groups. On the centenary anniversaries of the events, the articles have been posted on the Museum\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>website\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<span>\u00a0page, and several have been published in the\u00a0Connacht City Tribune\u00a0and\u00a0Connacht Tribune.\u00a0<\/span><span><span>The series of articles will continue to the centenary anniversary of the Anglo-Irish Truce, 11 July 2021. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span><span>It is envisaged that the articles will be translated into Irish and compiled into a free-of-charge publication, which will be made available on the Museum\u2019s website in PDF format and also in limited-edition print format, which will be presented to local libraries, community groups and those who helped with the articles. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17815,"template":"","class_list":["post-17814","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>War of Independence Book - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The War of Independence erupted in Co.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"War of Independence Book - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The War of Independence erupted in Co. Galway in the summer of 1920. The autumn and winter of that year witnessed much violence in Galway city and county. Between the Gallagh Ambush, near Tuam, on 19 July 1920 and the Anglo-Irish Truce of 11 July 1921, as many as fifty people lost their lives as [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02-woiingalway-draft-cover-and-rear-with-logos-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@creativeirl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/\",\"name\":\"War of Independence Book - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02-woiingalway-draft-cover-and-rear-with-logos-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-30T03:02:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02-woiingalway-draft-cover-and-rear-with-logos-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02-woiingalway-draft-cover-and-rear-with-logos-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":940},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"War of Independence Book\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Creative Ireland Programme\",\"description\":\"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. It is a five year all-of-Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"War of Independence Book - Creative Ireland Programme","description":"The War of Independence erupted in Co.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"War of Independence Book - Creative Ireland Programme","og_description":"The War of Independence erupted in Co. Galway in the summer of 1920. The autumn and winter of that year witnessed much violence in Galway city and county. Between the Gallagh Ambush, near Tuam, on 19 July 1920 and the Anglo-Irish Truce of 11 July 1921, as many as fifty people lost their lives as [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/","og_site_name":"Creative Ireland Programme","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":940,"url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02-woiingalway-draft-cover-and-rear-with-logos-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@creativeirl","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/","url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/","name":"War of Independence Book - Creative Ireland Programme","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02-woiingalway-draft-cover-and-rear-with-logos-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2021-11-30T03:02:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02-woiingalway-draft-cover-and-rear-with-logos-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02-woiingalway-draft-cover-and-rear-with-logos-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":940},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/war-of-independence-book\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"War of Independence Book"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/","name":"Creative Ireland Programme","description":"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. It is a five year all-of-Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/17814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}