On 20 January 1923, six months into the civil war, four anti-treaty IRA Volunteers from Galway – Martin J. Burke (25), Hubert Collins (23), Stephen Joyce (29), and Michael Walsh (26) – were executed at Athlone Barracks, having been found guilty by a Free State Military Court of the unlawful possession of arms and ammunition. 

Historian and author, Cormac Ó Comhraí talks about the Civil War in Galway and the executions which followed at Athlone Barracks.  This talk was recorded at Galway City Museum on Saturday 21 January 2023 as part of Galway City Museum's programme of events supported by Galway City Council.

The Civil War in Galway & the Executions at Athlone Barracks by Cormac Ó Comhraí

Galway City Museum

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Episode 5: A Galway Landlord during the Great Hunger - John Joe Conwell

Episode 3: Galway Behind Bars - Geraldine Curtin

Episode 4: Stone Boats, Sub-Sea Roads & Ambergris - Michael Gibbons

Episode 6: Galway Slave Traders & Sugar Planters in the Caribbean - Dr. Orla Power

Episode 7: Húicéirí agus Curachaí na Gaillimhe - Ríonach Uí Ógáin

Episode 8: J.M. Synge & Galway - Professor Patrick Lonergan

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Episode 18: Galway & the Great War - William Henry

Galway City Museum

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