flag / John Mitchell, 1848

A flag sent by John Mitchel to Mrs O'Brien of Rathgormack, Carrick-on-Suir, in 1848. It is a plain piece of green poplin cloth measuring 4 foot and 9 inches by 4 foot and 2 inches. It is possible that it was intended that a harp should be embroidered onto it. Mrs O'Brien was the aunt of Dr Michael O'Hickey (1861 - 1916), the Irish scholar and Gaelic Leaguer. It was preserved in the O'Hickey family from 1848 until its donation to the NMI in 1946.;