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Number of Reserves in army too low
In 1916, a group of citizen volunteers fought for Irish freedom during the Easter Rising.
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CourtsColumnistsPlace: Irish RepublicPlace: Curragh CampPlace: KildarePlace: YardPlace: FalcarraghPlace: DonegalPlace: Northern IrelandPerson: Neil RichardsonEvent: Easter RisingEvent: 1981 hunger strikesEvent: 1916 RisingOrganisation: Irish Defence Forces’Organisation: Reserve Defence ForcesOrganisation: An Forsa Cosanta AitiuilOrganisation: FCAOrganisation: ReserveOrganisation: Defence ForcesOrganisation: Permanent Defence ForceOrganisation: Defence Forces’Organisation: Garda securityOrganisation: Reserve Defence Force Representative AssociationOrganisation: RDFRA
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