Word: sligo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fifty-eight years old, he was born, according to different authorities, either in Sligo (the wildest part of western Ireland), or in Dublin. His father, an artist, died a year ago in his Manhattan home...
...Dublin there was intermittent revolver, rifle and machine gun firing, following an explosion which blew up the entrance of a. cinema theatre. General Boffin (known as the Irish De Wet), one of the irregular leaders, was captured by Free State troops operating from Sligo. ¶The Republicans ambushed a military party at Kyle. Three Free Staters were wounded and four irregulars killed...