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Galway City Museum\u2019s book, \u2018The War of Independence in Galway, 1920-21\u2019 comprises a series of stand-alone articles that recall some of the incidents that took place in Galway \u2013 city and county \u2013 between October 1920 and July 1921, when the Anglo-Irish Truce came into effect, paving the way for the negotiations that eventually led to the foundation of the Irish Free State. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Researched and written by Brendan McGowan, Education Officer at Galway City Museum, the highly illustrated, bilingual, 222-page book features a foreword by Prof. Gear\u00f3id \u00d3 Tuathaigh, and includes tables of those who died in Galway during the War of Independence and of Galway people who died in other parts of the country during the conflict. 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