relic / Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1797

Piece of green ribbon given by Lord Edward Fitzgerald, in a piece of paper with handwritten text ‘he brought me home this bit of green ribbon the evening of St. Patrick’s Day 1797 from Kilmainham Gaol, one of the Simms sent it me’. Part of a collection of personal items relating to Lord Edward Fitzgerald from the Campbell Family, descended from Lady Pamela Campbell, the daughter of Lord Edward and Lady Pamela Fitzgerald.;