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Topical Budget 564-1: Battle of Belleek (1922)

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15/6/1922
35mm, black and white, 107 feet

Production Company	Topical Film Company

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The recapture of an Ulster border town held by Sinn Fein

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The Irish Free State was not accepted by those who wanted to see the whole of Ireland granted independence. This item from the Ulster border town of Belleek shows scenes from the Civil War that soon followed the declaration of the Irish Free State.

Luke McKernan

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	Topical Budget: Ireland