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Michael Collins (1890 - 1922)
Michael Collins (1890 - 1922)
Michael Collins took part in the Easter Rising of 1916 and was later appointed Minister for Finance. He was part of the delegation that negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921, the terms of which led to the Irish Civil War in 1922. Collins became the commander-in-chief of the Government forces. He was killed in Cork on August 22 1922.
Courtesy of the Irish Film Institute
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Thoms Directory
Thoms Directory
Thom's Commercial Directory 1909
Courtesy of Waterford City Library
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Eamon De Valera (1882 - 1975)
Eamon De Valera (1882 - 1975)
De Valera served in public office from 1917 to 1973. He founded the Fianna Fáil Party in 1926 and served two terms as Irish President from 1959 until 1973.
Courtesy of the Irish Film Institute
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Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa (1831 - 1915)
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa (1831 - 1915)
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa was a Fenian leader and a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He was accused of planning a Fenian Rising in 1865 and subsequently imprisoned for eight years. O'Donovan Rossa died in New York in 1915.
Courtesy of the Irish Film Institute
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Census Return 1911
Census Return 1911
Census Return 1911 for County Waterford
Courtesy of Waterford City Library
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Central Library
Central Library
Exterior of Library building in March 2002 before closing for renovations
Courtesy of Annette Wallace
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Rory O'Connor (1883 – 1922)
Rory O'Connor (1883 – 1922)
Rory O'Connor fought in the Easter Rising in 1916 and later became Director of Engineering in IRA. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and was executed on 8 December 1922 in retaliation for the killing of the pro-treaty TD, Sean Hales.
Courtesy of the Irish Film Institute
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Kevin O'Higgins (1892-1927)
Kevin O'Higgins (1892-1927)
O'Higgins joined the Irish Volunteers in 1915 and supported the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921. He became Minister for Home Affairs in 1922 and established the Garda Síochána in 1923. O'Higgins was shot on 10 July 1927 by members of the IRA.
Courtesy of the Irish Film Institute
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Michael Collins (1890 - 1922)
Michael Collins (1890 - 1922)
Michael Collins, along with Arthur Griffith, led the supporters of the treaty that brought an end to the War of Independence.
Image courtesy of the Michael Collins Centre, Clonakilty.
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Laying Foundation Stone
Laying Foundation Stone
Foundation Stone for Lady Lane Library Waterford was laid by Andrew Carnegie in October 1903
Courtesy of Waterford City Library