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rock / Fenian escape, Manchester, 1867

Stone object. Inscribed "This stone was the one used to break into the prison van during the Fenian Outrage in Manchester when Sergeant Charles Brett was shot, September 18th, 1867." The stone was said to have been used in the prison yard break by Fenian escapees in Manchester.

 

ladle / Fenian Rising, 1867

Iron ladle, blacksmith made, used for making bullets by the Fenian insurgents in 1867. Circular bowl, straight handle, stamped 'Whitfield' on the back. It formerly belonged to the donor's father, a Mr Warren, who was Attorney General around that time.

 

souvenir / O'Donovan Rossa

Walking stick of O'Donovan Rossa. Presented to donor's uncle James Hegarty by Rossa, and bearing a silver strap with the legend "O.D.R. to S.O.H." engraved on it.

 

print / The Fenian Insurrection: inquest on Mr. Cleary in the Courthouse at Kilmallock

Fenian Rising print. From 'Illustrated London News' entitled 'The Fenian Insurrection: inquest on Mr. Cleary in the Courthouse at Kilmallock'.

 

newspaper article / Fenian Uprising, 1867

Four pages of the 'Penny Illustrated Paper', 16th March 1867. Pictures from Tallaght, Dublin during the Fenian Uprising.

 

print / The Battle of Tallaght

Print from the Penny Illustrated paper. Titled 'The Battle of Tallaght', 16 March 1867. The Fenian Rising; How a handful of Constabulary dispersed a regiment of the Rebels at Tallaght.

 

flag / Manchester Martyrs / Robert Emmet

Flag or banner, painted, central design of portraits of three men, the Manchester Martyrs William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin and Michael O'Brien, one centre top, a bearded man, and two at bottom left and right corners, one being a man with a goatee beard, the other being clean-shaven. No...