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Welcome to the Irish Military War Museum website.

 

Opened in County Meath on the 6th of June 2014, the Irish Military War Museum offers a

Opening hours 2015fascinating insight into Irish participants’ involvement in both World War One and World War Two, as well as other military conflicts in world history.

 

The Irish Military War Museum, covering 5,000 square feet of floor space, will represent a distinctly non-political but ‘must see’ educational and historical resource for people of all ages and from right across the island of Ireland and beyond.

 

Given the highly strained relationship between Britain and Ireland down through the centuries, the museum will explain the complex political background behind why 210,000 Irishmen from both traditions fought in the mud sodden trenches of France, Flanders and the Dardanelles during World War One as rebellion tensions erupted back in Ireland.

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