Lecture 130: Piltown during the War of Independence and the Bessborough Escape by Eoin Swithin Walsh

On Saturday 23rd April 1921 a gun battle took place in South Kilkenny between the West Kilkenny Flying Column and the British Military at Bessboro House outside Piltown.
Join author and historian Eoin Swithin Walsh to learn about Pilltown during the War of Independence and events of that fateful day one hundred years ago

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