Troubled Times: War and Rebellion in North Galway, 1913-23 is written by local GP Dr. Jarlath Deignan who is a member of the Old Tuam Society. The book discusses the various episodes that occurred during the pursuit of Irish freedom from a local perspective, including the Great War, Easter 1916, the War of Independence, the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Civil War.  The region of North Galway witnessed significant events in all phases of the revolutionary period and is described by the author as a microcosm of the country as a whole.