{"id":328,"date":"2021-12-13T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/?p=328"},"modified":"2022-01-28T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:00:29","slug":"westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Westmeath and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"
Laurence and Alice Ginnell were prominent opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This edition of the blog will consider reaction to the Treaty in Mullingar and its locality, following on from the previous edition when we discussed Athlone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The July 1921 Truce between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and British Crown forces was welcomed by people in Mullingar with local newspaper reports giving a sense of relief and optimism for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018quite an ovation\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Westmeath Examiner<\/em>, in comments that were echoed by many papers and public bodies, wished \u00c9amon de Valera well in his forthcoming peace conference with David Lloyd George, the British prime minister. The paper continued: \u2018Force has had its trial now on both sides and it must be the fervent hope of every lover of peace and good-will as well as every advocate of freedom that this long drawn-out quarrel between two nations may be brought to a conclusion on principles productive of lasting peace and reconciliation\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Mullingar and its hinterland, markets, fairs, sports and social gatherings were organised and there were many public events in support of local republicans during the following months. In August 1921, Sinn F\u00e9in county councillor Patrick Brett was released by the Crown forces after nine months\u2019 internment in Ballykinlar. He was, the Weekly Freeman\u2019s Journal<\/em> reported, \u2018accorded an enthusiastic public reception\u2019 on his return to Mullingar. Brett thanked those in attendance, saying that \u2018he had great hopes, that the negotiations now in train would lead to a happy and honourable settlement\u2019: a statement that was met with applause from the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September, Mullingar\u2019s county hall hosted a public reception for Se\u00e1n Mac Eoin, Dr Ada English, Joseph McGuinness and others. The banquet was followed by what the Westmeath Examiner<\/em> described as \u2018the most brilliant and well-attended ceilidh ever held in Mullingar\u2019, with IRA and Cumann na mBan members prominent among the crowd. During the ceilidh, Mac Eoin, in IRA uniform, delivered a speech \u2018on behalf of himself and all soldiers of Ireland past and present\u2019 thanking the crowd for their support. According to the Examiner<\/em>, Mac Eoin \u2018received quite an ovation\u2019 in response to his speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018real Liberty upon the people\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed on 6 December 1921 and there were many indications across the county of support for the agreement. In Athlone, as seen in the previous edition of the blog, newspapers welcomed the Treaty, as did local politicians and Sinn F\u00e9in branches. The response in Mullingar followed a similar pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On hearing news of the Treaty, the Bishop of Meath, Dr Laurence Gaughran, offered Mass in Mullingar Cathedral \u2018in thanksgiving for the blessing of peace\u2019. Interviewed by the Examiner<\/em>, the bishop told the paper that \u2018our country owes a deep debt of gratitude to its plenipotentiaries\u2019. The Westmeath Examiner<\/em>, edited by John P. Hayden, a former home rule MP, welcomed the Treaty, saying in the edition of 10 December that its terms \u2018were such as to cause profound satisfaction\u2019. Those terms, he wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026establish a permanent Peace between two Nations divided for centuries and between whom there stood a great barrier of wrong and injustice upon one side and of bitterness and hostility, combined with a deep longing for Freedom, upon the other. It is permanent because it is based upon the recognition of Ireland's right to nationhood, and because it confers real Liberty upon the people, and is a full and complete recognition of the dignity and status of this country amongst the Free Nations of the Universe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Hayden claimed that the \u2018position of Ireland as a Free Nation in the Community of Nations which constitute the British Empire, into which she enters of her own free will, is as great as she could enjoy if the claim she had made of being a separate and independent Republic had been conceded\u2019. His editorial acknowledged \u2018one serious defect\u2019 in the terms of the Treaty: \u2018the right given to the North-East corner to contract itself out of the Irish Free State\u2019. However, he judged that \u2018no blame can be cast upon the negotiators\u2019 since this \u2018was inevitable from circumstances which are a direct creation of British Government in Ireland\u2019. At this time, Hayden saw little controversy ahead, believing that \u2018it can scarcely be doubted\u2019 that the Irish and British parliaments \u2018will endorse the actions of their Representatives, after which lovers of Freedom all the world over will wish God-speed to the Irish Free State\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the following week\u2019s edition, the Examiner<\/em> published local opinions on the Treaty. Patrick Weymes, who contested North Westmeath for the Irish Parliamentary Party against Sinn F\u00e9in in 1918, expressed his delight with the agreement, telling the Westmeath Examiner<\/em> that \u2018the gratitude and appreciation of all liberty-loving Irishmen, the world over, was due to the men who so patiently, skilfully, and effectively acted for Ireland in the negotiations\u2019. He added: \u2018I rejoice as an Irish Nationalist\u2019, who had \u2018always done my little best in the long struggles and sacrifices of the men and movements of the past, now gloriously ended by the work of the men of to-day\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Examiner<\/em>, Sinn Fein\u2019s Patrick Brett expressed his \u2018joy at the prospects of peace and prosperity for Ireland\u2019. Brett would put his words into action by advocating support for the Treaty in meetings of Westmeath County Council. However, his party colleague and D\u00e1il Eireann TD Laurence Ginnell quickly emerged as a forthright opponent of the Treaty. Ginnell was then in Argentina, along with his wife Alice King, where they were working on behalf of D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann in an effort to gain support for an Irish republic. King also opposed the Treaty, noting in her diary on 8 December: The more I think of these terms the more I dislike them and that it would now be time for L.G. to withdraw from public life or at any rate not to take the oath to the King. It is either that the delegates have been tricked or that the treaty was signed so that the D\u00e1il could reject the terms and that de Valera could recommend them to reject them.\u2019 On 20 December, Laurence Ginnell sent a cablegram to Dublin containing the succinct message: \u2018I vote against ratification\u2019. In April 1922, the couple would leave Argentina and return to Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018blood on shirts\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann prepared to vote on whether or not to approve the Treaty, numerous local groups called for ratification. On New Year\u2019s Eve 1921, a meeting of Westmeath farmers was held in Mullingar. This meeting, which newspapers described as being attended by a large crowd, adopted a resolution calling for ratification. The following day, Bishop Gaughran urged the congregation in Mullingar Cathedral to pray for the Treaty\u2019s ratification and, days later, Westmeath County Council adopted the following motion: \u2018That whilst experiencing our fullest confidence in An D\u00e1il we request Deputy Ginnell and Deputy Robins [Lorcan Robbins, a Sinn F\u00e9in TD], the D\u00e1il representatives of the County to support by their vote and influence the ratification of the Treaty signed by the plenipotentiaries of D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann...\u2019 The Treaty was ratified by D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann on the 7 January 1922: sixty-four votes for and fifty-seven against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That month, a large detachment of the British army\u2019s East Yorkshire regiment left Mullingar for Dublin, from where they sailed to Britain. It was a clear sign of the changed circumstances brought about by the Treaty and such departures were part of the process that would culminate with the handover of the country\u2019s military barracks from British to Irish forces. By then, it was apparent that there was widespread opposition to the Treaty among IRA brigades in Munster and Dublin, with units elsewhere across Ireland increasingly divided on the issue. In the Mullingar Brigade, James Maguire, one of the most prominent IRA officers in the area, opposed the Treaty and the divisions in the county were becoming clearer. Se\u00e1n Mac Eoin, a vocal advocate of the Treaty, had been appointed commander of the IRA in Westmeath and other midland counties. Based in Athlone, Mac Eoin was making efforts to organise pro-Treaty IRA forces in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The divisions in the previously united IRA could be seen on the streets of Mullingar as both pro- and anti-Treaty forces sought to control the town. By April, Se\u00e1n Mac Eoin, who had been lauded in Mullingar months earlier, was receiving threatening letters from an anti-Treaty IRA unit that had taken over the town\u2019s county hall. One letter warned Mac Eoin to \u2018withdraw your forces\u2019 or \u2018there will be blood on shirts\u2019. Mullingar, as with Ireland, would soon be in the midst of a civil war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bureau of Military History Brigade Activity Reports; Bureau of Military History Collins Papers; Bureau of Military History Military Service Pensions Collection; Bureau of Military History Witness Statements; Mullingar Public Library Archives; RIC Chief Inspector\u2019s monthly reports for Westmeath; Freeman\u2019s Journal<\/em>, Irish Independent<\/em>, Irish Times<\/em>, Midland Reporter and Westmeath <\/em>Nationalist; Westmeath Examiner<\/em> and Westmeath Independent<\/em>. For more detail, see: John Burke\u2019s Athlone 1900-1923: politics, revolution and civil war<\/em> (The History Press, 2015); Liam Cox, Moate - County Westmeath: A History of Town and District <\/em>(Alfa Print Ltd, 1981); Michael Hopkinson, Green against Green: the Irish Civil War<\/em> (Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 2004); Michael Hopkinson, The Irish War of Independence<\/em> (Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 2002); Ian Kenneally, \u2018The War of Independence in Westmeath\u2019 in the Journal of The Old Athlone Society, 2013<\/em>; and Seamus O\u2019Brien\u2019s (Ed), A Town in transition: Post Famine Mullingar<\/em> (Mullingar, 2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Content Last Updated\/Reviewed: 13\/12\/2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This edition of the blog will consider reaction to the Treaty in Mullingar and its locality, following on from the previous edition when we discussed Athlone. The July 1921 Truce between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and British Crown forces was welcomed by people in Mullingar with local newspaper reports giving a sense of relief […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nWestmeath and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Part 2 - Westmeath Culture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Westmeath and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Part 2 - Westmeath Culture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This edition of the blog will consider reaction to the Treaty in Mullingar and its locality, following on from the previous edition when we discussed Athlone. The July 1921 Truce between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and British Crown forces was welcomed by people in Mullingar with local newspaper reports giving a sense of relief […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Westmeath Culture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WestmeathLibraries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-13T15:59:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-28T16:00:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HinR-Image-for-Blog-63.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"dawh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@whcclibrary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@whcclibrary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"dawh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"dawh\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/bbde3d8ba7b399860a8215a5f7364443\"},\"headline\":\"Westmeath and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Part 2\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-13T15:59:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-28T16:00:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":1603,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HinR-Image-for-Blog-63.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Decade of Centenary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/\",\"name\":\"Westmeath and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Part 2 - Westmeath Culture\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HinR-Image-for-Blog-63.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-13T15:59:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-28T16:00:29+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HinR-Image-for-Blog-63.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HinR-Image-for-Blog-63.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Westmeath and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Part 2\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/\",\"name\":\"Westmeath Culture\",\"description\":\"Arts, Heritage, Libraries in Westmeath\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Westmeath Culture\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cropped-Westmeath-Culture-logo-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cropped-Westmeath-Culture-logo-1.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Westmeath Culture\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WestmeathLibraries\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/whcclibrary\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/westmeath.arts\/\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Westmeath-Heritage-772636419571807\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/bbde3d8ba7b399860a8215a5f7364443\",\"name\":\"dawh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c791bbabc2be786ffd7ccebfc9e5c3c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c791bbabc2be786ffd7ccebfc9e5c3c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"dawh\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/author\/dawh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Westmeath and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Part 2 - Westmeath Culture","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Westmeath and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Part 2 - Westmeath Culture","og_description":"This edition of the blog will consider reaction to the Treaty in Mullingar and its locality, following on from the previous edition when we discussed Athlone. The July 1921 Truce between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and British Crown forces was welcomed by people in Mullingar with local newspaper reports giving a sense of relief […]","og_url":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/","og_site_name":"Westmeath Culture","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WestmeathLibraries","article_published_time":"2021-12-13T15:59:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-28T16:00:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HinR-Image-for-Blog-63.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"dawh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@whcclibrary","twitter_site":"@whcclibrary","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"dawh","Estimated reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/"},"author":{"name":"dawh","@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/bbde3d8ba7b399860a8215a5f7364443"},"headline":"Westmeath and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Part 2","datePublished":"2021-12-13T15:59:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-28T16:00:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/"},"wordCount":1603,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HinR-Image-for-Blog-63.jpg","articleSection":["Decade of Centenary"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/","url":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/","name":"Westmeath and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Part 2 - Westmeath Culture","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HinR-Image-for-Blog-63.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-13T15:59:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-28T16:00:29+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HinR-Image-for-Blog-63.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HinR-Image-for-Blog-63.jpg","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/westmeath-and-the-anglo-irish-treaty-part-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Westmeath and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Part 2"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#website","url":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/","name":"Westmeath Culture","description":"Arts, Heritage, Libraries in Westmeath","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#organization","name":"Westmeath Culture","url":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cropped-Westmeath-Culture-logo-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cropped-Westmeath-Culture-logo-1.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Westmeath Culture"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WestmeathLibraries","https:\/\/x.com\/whcclibrary","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/westmeath.arts\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Westmeath-Heritage-772636419571807"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/bbde3d8ba7b399860a8215a5f7364443","name":"dawh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c791bbabc2be786ffd7ccebfc9e5c3c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c791bbabc2be786ffd7ccebfc9e5c3c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"dawh"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/westmeathculture.ie"],"url":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/author\/dawh\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HinR-Image-for-Blog-63.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}