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  • Published: 3 Mar 2010 17:10

    1860 - Jailed for whiteboy outrage

    A Kilbeggan whiteboy incident resulted in a three-year jail term for a man who violently attacked a man who had taken over a lease on a plot of land which a local family had relinquished...

  • Published: 17 Feb 2010 17:00

    Pages from the Past

    Members of Athlone Union which operated the local workhouse agreed in February to overrule its own decision a month previously to discontinue paying for vaccines from a Dublin...

  • Published: 10 Feb 2010 17:00

    Pages from the Past

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  • Published: 3 Feb 2010 17:00

    Pages from the Past

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  • Published: 27 Jan 2010 17:00

    Stay in your servant's job or face a year's jail

    Pages from the Past

  • Published: 20 Jan 2010 17:00

    Pages from the Past

    Accidents, often fatal, were a regular occurrence on the railway lines around Athlone 150 years ago, both during their construction and whilst in operation.The Westmeath Independent...

  • Published: 13 Jan 2010 17:00

    Pages from the Past

    From the back issues of the Westmeath Independent.

  • Published: 6 Jan 2010 17:00

    Pages from the Past

    From the back issues of the Westmeath Independent

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