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We’re all archaeologists with fairly different backgrounds. I - @DrJamesBonsall - specialise in geophysics & remote sensing; Dr Marion Dowd is a multi-period cave archaeologist; Robert Mulraney @cavesofireland is a cave archaeologist with a background in environmental science. 
Who were Sligo’s #NobleSix? They were IRA men who were shot & killed by the National Army on mountains north of Sligo in September 1922: Divisional Adjutant Brian MacNeill, Brigadier Seamus Devins, Capt. Harry Benson, Lt. Patrick Carroll, Vol. Joseph Banks & Vol. Thomas Langan
Their deaths were controversial: they surrendered to the National Army and were killed whilst in their custody. At the same time, other IRA were arrested on the mountains and taken to Sligo Gaol. Their deaths shocked both pro- & anti-Treaty supporters.
