![[Member of the Free State Army guarding Sligo Town Hall]](/IIIF/000240000/000237864/vtls000237864_001.jp2/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
[Member of the Free State Army guarding Sligo Town Hall]
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| In collection: | The Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Collection |
| Format: | Photo |
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16th August 1922.
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| Notes: | Following the Royal Assent of the Free State Agreement Act it was required that a General Election be held in the Free State before 30th June. This resulted in political meetings throughout the country. In Sligo town, a meeting to be addressed by Arthur Griffith and other pro-treaty politicians on Sunday 16th April was threateded by IRA troops; as a result Free State Army troops were brought in to protect it. Physical description: 1 photographic negative : glass; 10 x 12cm. more |
As a digital copy of this item is available, the original will not be issued.
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INDH333 |
NPA Reading Room - Appt. only |
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