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Online Exhibition: The Swanzy Riots 1920

Irish Linen Centre Lisburn Museum Market Square, Lisburn, Antrim, United Kingdom

โ€˜The Swanzy Riots, 1920โ€™ย details events in Lisburn following the assassination of R.I.C. District Inspector Oswald Ross Swanzy in Market Square.ย  The murder, by members of the Cork and Belfast I.R.A., led to two nights and three days of vicious rioting, looting and burning, largely aimed at the townโ€™s Catholic community. Using photographs, artefacts, videos, books … Continued

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