This week (beginning Monday 23 October) the Westmeath Independent and Westmeath Examiner publish a new 16-page supplement which explores Westmeath during the Decade of Centenaries.
The cover of the new supplement, published in both the Westmeath Independent and the Westmeath Examiner
Edited by Tadhg Carey and Ian Kenneally, the supplement contains the following articles:
An introduction by Cllr Liam McDaniel, Cathaoirleach of Westmeath County Council, and Tadhg Carey, editor of the Westmeath Independent
1912-1923: a timeline of key events
- Ian Kenneally
Changing face of Mullingar, 1912-1923
- Ruth Illingworth
Everyday life in Athlone from 1912-1923
- Gearoid O'Brien
At the ballot box: electoral change in Westmeath
- John Burke
Ghosts of the past: Alice Ginnell in post-revolution Ireland
- Paul Hughes
A violent decade: killings in Westmeath
- Ian Kenneally
Looking forward: local newspapers in the new State
- Tadhg Carey
The Decade of Centenaries in Westmeath
- Melanie McQuade
Members of the National Army’s Railway Protection and Maintenance Corps in Mullingar, 1923
Content Last Updated/Reviewed: 24/10/2023