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photograph / Durham Prison, August 1918

Photograph in sepia, taken in Durham Prison, England, August 1918. Irish Republicans were imprisoned under the excuse of a 'German Plot'. Pictured outside seated by prison wall: Mick Spillane of Killarney; Frank Bulfin of King's County; Eamon Bulfin of King's County; Dan McCarthy of Dublin, holding a notice reading 'Durham Our Rebel Alarmers' ; Eamon Morkham of Dublin, holding a bag football; Eamon O'Dwyer of Tipperary; and M. V. Trayers of Co. Galway, who smuggled in the camera.;

Durham Prison, August 1918


Object Number:
HE:EW.2267


Institution:
NMI


Date:
1918


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Place of production:
England


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