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Celtic Radio Community -> All posts by a member Top April Members Turn Off Ads   Irish Civil War (1920 - 1923) (Pages 1 2 ) poorbutspirted Posted on: 01-Aug-2009, 02:25 PM Replies: 15 Views: 22,293 My late mother was from Headford in Co. Galway which is only 4 miles from Shrule. Her home was always a safe house for republican during the Irish civil war.One night in 1922 she gave her autograph book to one of a group of men who were resting there.As he could not think of a suitable verse he brought the book home with him. That was the last she saw of the book until it was posted back to her with no explaination in 1925.The book had first been in Athlone prison(Costume Barracks)and then Mountjoy prison Dublin where is was signed by Eamonn de Valera, Dan Breen, Liam Deasy,Austin Stack, Sean McBride and his visitor Richard Mulcahy ( who was a member of the free state party) All of those men are now houselold names in Irish history.A budding artist,(who never fully bloomed) in Athlone did some beautiful water colour landscapes.I can only feel that the man who took the book was one of the 5 men who were executed in Athlone. I danced in Shrule ( which is only a small country village)in 1960.I worked in Dublin at the time and rode a motorbike.I remember the first time I went in to the dance hall there was a pronounced silence.I do bit of writing for a past time. I have had 4 short stories published in Ireland's Own and I writing another short story about this autograph book.   Forum: Ireland  ·  Post Preview: #284426   Open Topic (new replies)   Open Topic (no new replies)   Hot Topic (new replies)   Hot Topic (no new replies)   Poll (new votes)   Poll (no new votes)   Locked Topic   Moved Topic   Celtic Radio Community -> All posts by a member Top April Members Turn Off Ads

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