WAR OF INDEPENDENCE/CIVIL WAR: Tipperary’s ‘disappeared’, 1920–1923

The exact number of victims is impossible to ascertain.   By Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc   The phenomenon of what international human rights law terms ‘forced disappearances’ has been documented in conflicts worldwide for decades. During the Spanish Civil War over 140,000 people were ‘disappeared’, while Amnesty International estimates that there have been 75,000 forced ... Read more

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