Michael, These articles have been very interesting and informative. Freedom has it costs and is usually paid for in human life. Thanks for allowing us access to them. Bob In a message dated 2/18/2010 4:31:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, carlowmike@gmail.com writes: We have only a few more items to post dealing with the 1922 period of Irish / Carlow history. The extracts published to date were from the pages of 15 Nationalist and Leinster Times newspapers recently uncovered in the Pat Purcell Papers combined with some reports from Irish Republican Police records. I hope the details have been informative and interesting for our Listers. I thought we should share the data because the events recorded represent a very crucial, defining period in Ireland's history. We are now coming up to the commencment of the Irish Civil War ( sometimes referred to as the War of Brothers), but I feel that Listers may have had enough details of this sad and devastating juncture in our history. However, here in Ireland the depth of the divisions from this period and the legacy of the conflict remains with us to the present day, mick. ======================================= Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! --------------------------------------- To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message