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Letter, typescript copy, headed 'On the hills of Sligo', dated 30 January 1923. Copy of a letter written by a member of the Fleming family, presumably whilst on the run during the Civil War. Found within a copy of a prayer book, in Irish, 'Torsaidheacht air Lorg Chriosta', belonging to Michael Fleming, and containing a number of letters, obituaries and other mementoes of the 1916 to the 1930s. Part of a collection of material relating to the Fleming family, the father Michael Fleming and his sons Patrick, Thomas and Joseph Fleming, Irish Volunteers of Clarenbridge, Oranmore, Co. Galway, who participated in the 1916 Rising, were interned, and proceeded to fight in the War of Independence.;

Fleming Family


Object Number:
HE:2004.10.6


Institution:
NMI


Date:
1923


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Place of production:
Ireland


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