flag / Boland's Mills, 1916

Portions of Boland's Mill Garrison flag, used at Boland's Mills in 1916. In two sections. Green field with a gold harp. BMH Witness Statement accounts state that the flag was flown from the turret of the distillery building as a decoy, drawing fire from the British forces away from the garrison posts at the bakery and mills. These sections of the flag were donated by Eamon de Valera in his role as An Taoiseach in 1941. There was a separate donation of a fragment of the flag in 1935. This would suggest that the flag may have been ripped up for souvenirs for the garrison members after the surrender.;