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souvenir / Frongoch, 1916

Rugby football used by the prisoners to play Gaelic football in Frongoch, 1916. Brought out of the camp on their release in December 1916. It originally bore the inscription "1916 Frongoch", marks remain where this was defaced by some ladies in whose possession it was during the War of Independence. Leather cover and rubber bladder.;

Frongoch, 1916


Object Number:
HE:EW.1617


Institution:
NMI


Date:
1916


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