{"id":220,"date":"2021-04-16T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/?p=220"},"modified":"2022-01-28T14:18:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T14:18:55","slug":"decade-of-centenaries-podcast-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/decade-of-centenaries-podcast-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Decade of Centenaries Podcast - Episode 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lives and Deaths of James and Joseph Tormey - Westmeath Decade of Centenaries Podcast 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4YBeWqlu7RA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first of a series of Westmeath County Council Decade of Centenaries podcasts, Paul Hughes, Historian in Residence, talks to John Sheehan, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology, University College, Cork, about the lives and deaths of the Tormey brothers of Moate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 1921, Joseph Tormey was shot dead by a British sentry at Ballykinlar Internment Camp, Co. 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