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SIGNED AND BRIEFLY DEDICTED BY THAE AUTHOR on the inside front pages - To Eileen, Best Wishes Stan'
328 pages , illustrated throughout with vintage black and white photography
This illustrated history of Kilbeggan in County Westmeath includes; St Beccan & Cistercians, 1798 and Locke's Distillery, Te canal - Big Wind - Teetotalers and Peggy Hogan's Ass, Disease and famine, Ribbon men and nationalism, Life and entertainment 1890-1914, World War 1 and War of Independence, Wait for the tide of prosperity 1920-50, Devotion and change 1950-79, A town of two churches, Schools nuns and tales, Memories from abroad, Folklore and writers, Landmarks, Celtic Tiger and the road to success 1980 - 2006. and Kilbeggan genealogy and history. Published by the author in 2006 with 327 pages in card covers.