saddle cover / Michael Malone, 1916

Cloth cycle-saddle cover, belonging to Michael Malone. Maker's label faded. Personal belongings of Lieutenant Michael Malone, 3rd Battalion, who was shot on the Wednesday of Easter Week, 1916, at 25 Northumberland Road during the Battle of Mount Street. He was buried in a grave at Northumberland Road, later his remains were exhumed, identified by his family and he was re-buried in the Fenian Circle, Glasnevin. His relics comprise the sleeve of his Irish Volunteer uniform, his tie, a razor, a cycle-saddle cover and his false teeth.;