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Search our Historical Collections Online, a sample of 10,000 artefacts from the National Museum of Ireland’s Historical, Military and Easter Week Collections, published as part of the Decade of Commemorations.


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prison art / Republican prisoner art / craft, 1970s

Republican prisoner art / craft, 1970s. Tooled leather pocket book with Celtic designs and the script "Padraig" & "Magilligan P.O.W. Camp 1977" on front. Piece of paper inside reads 'Liam Coyle, Derry, now in America'. Brown leather with red inside. Made by Liam Coyle of Derry in (interned in...

 

prison art / Republican prisoner art / craft, 1970s

Republican prisoner art / craft, 1970s. Tooled leather shoulder bag, with floral (rose) designs on front flap in red and green. Brown leather with red leather inside, and brass clasp. "Siobhán" on the back. Made by Liam Coyle of Derry probably in Long Kesh Huts Compound, (The Maze), Lisburn,...

 

prison art / Republican prisoner art / craft, 1970s

Republican prisoner art / craft, 1970s. Tooled leather wallet, with Celtic designs on front and back, plain inside. Brown leather with decoration in red, greeen and orange. Two male figures on back, front depicts stylised dog chasing rabbit or hare. Celtic knots in green around. 'Padraig'...

 

prison art / Republican prisoner art / craft, 1970s

Republican prisoner art / craft, 1970s. Tooled leather pocket book with Celtic designs and the script "P. Ó M." (Pádraig Ó Mathúna) on front. Brown leather. Made by Liam Coyle of Derry probably in Long Kesh Huts Compound, (The Maze), Lisburn, Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland, or in Macgilligan Camp or...

 

prison art / Republican prisoner art / craft, 1970s

Republican prisoner art / craft, 1970s. Tooled leather pocket book with Celtic designs and the script "Pádraig" on front. Brown leather. Made by Liam Coyle of Derry probably in Long Kesh Huts Compound, (The Maze), Lisburn, Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland, or in Macgilligan Camp or Portlaoise, 1970s.