Thanks to Cathy Scuffil for this photo

As part of the Bealtaine Festival, Cathy Scuffil and Liz Gillis hosted a very interested talk on the Ballyfermot Troop Train Ambush at the end of the Irish War of Independence, in Ballyfermot Library on Thursday the 25 May 2023

Thanks to Sean Brennan for the Video Recording www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PYRaJlDFr4

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The Ballyer Trad Hub welcomed along Catherine Scuffil Historian for Dublin City Council and she sang the lovely song Grace.

Ann Gill who is a member of the Ballyer Trad Hub and who's Gran father was a passenger on the Ballyfermot Troop Train Ambushed, 8th July 1921 near Le Fanu Road in Ballyfermot. This was the last major action of the War of Independence. Catherine Scuffil and Liz Gillis has given talks on this in the Libraries around Dublin. Nearer the anniversary date this year 2024 Ballyfermot Heritage hope to get both Catherine Liz and Ann to give a talk in the Ballyfermot Library on this. will keep you all informed

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As part of the Bealtaine Festival, Cathy Scuffil and Liz Gillis hosted a very interested talk on the Ballyfermot Troop Train Ambush at the end of the Irish War of Independence, in Ballyfermot Library on Thursday the 25 May 2023

Thanks to Sean Brennan for the Video Recording www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PYRaJlDFr4

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As part of the Bealtaine Festival, Cathy Scuffil and Liz Gillis hosted a very interested talk on the Ballyfermot Troop Train Ambush at the end of the Irish War of Independence, in Ballyfermot Library on Thursday the 25 May 2023

Thanks to Sean Brennan for the Video Recording www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PYRaJlDFr4

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As part of the Bealtaine Festival, Cathy Scuffil and Liz Gillis hosted a very interested talk on the Ballyfermot Troop Train Ambush at the end of the Irish War of Independence, in Ballyfermot Library on Thursday the 25 May 2023

Thanks to Sean Brennan for the Video Recording www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PYRaJlDFr4

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