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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.
prison camp publication / Barbed Wire, August 1921
Copy of banned "Barbed Wire" dated August 1921 No.1 Vol. 1 "Printed and Published at the Ballykinlar Press for the Proprietors."
prison medal / Seán Ó Déagha, Ballykinlar, 1921
Medal awarded in Ballykinlar, 1921, to Seán Ó Déagha for his proficiency in the teaching of Irish there. Silver, 1.1" D., raised at top to form loop for suspending ring. OBV. An escutcheon blank in centre as if superimposed on openwork trefoil sprays surmounted by a harp and within a band decorated...
form / Thomas O'Dwyer, 1921
Internment order cancellation form dated 8 December 1921, made out for Thomas O'Dwyer. Mounted, glazed and framed.
internment order / Ballykinlar, 1921
Ballykinlar internment order, 1921. Framed and glazed form served on donor's father, Walsh (author of 'On Their Keeping' etc.) on 5 January 1921, signed by Lt. D.A.G. Cook of The Black Watch.
resource / Ballykinlar, 1920/21
Ballykinlar Camp autograph album. Xeroxcopy of an album kept in Ballykinlar, 1920 and 1921, No. 1 Camp, including entries by Joe McGrath, Alec MacCabe and Peadar Ó Cearnaigh.
programme / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
Ballykinlar theatre programme, dated Easter 1921. Duplicated for the prisoners' presentation of The Pope in Killybuck by Louis J. Walsh and The Four Provinces by R. McKenna & S. Boyle. Of Patrick O'Hanlon.
programme / Ballykinlar Camp, 1921
Ballykinlar theatre programme, dated Easter 1921. The prisoners' presentation of The Pope in Killybuck by Louis J. Walsh and The Four Provinces by R. McKenna & S. Boyle. Of Patrick O'Hanlon.
order / Patrick O'Hanlon, Ballykinlar Camp, 1920
Ballykinlar detention order. Printed form interning Patrick O'Hanlon of 31 Wellington Street, Dublin, on 16 December 1920. Name, addresses and date typed in; signature rubber stamped.
booklet / Arise, Ballykinlar
Sheet music for "Arise" The Famous Ballykinlar March. Words by Peadar O Cearnaigh. Composed by Mairtin de Bhaltuin.
prisoner list / Ballykinlar 1920/21
Ballykinlar 1920 / 1921. 22 names of prisoners in Hut 20 on a manuscript, most with a sum of money (1/- or 6d) after their names. Names on list are C. Saurin, J.V. Joyce, J. Daly, J. Maguire, John Morriss, James Morriss, C. Davitt, O. Stapleton, Woods, P. Colgan, Stynes, William Bracken, P. Flynn,...
prison art / Ballykinlar, 1920
Prison carving, Ballykinlar Internment Camp. A harp ornament carved from the bone of a cow by Seán O Néill of Belfast during his internment in Ballykinlar Camp. It was carved with a broken pen knife, a nail and some patience.
prison art / Joseph McGrath, Ballykinlar Camp, 1920-1921
Photograph of Mr. Joseph McGrath, Commandant of No. 1 Camp, Ballykinlar. The frame was made in the camp, 1920 - 1921.
prison art / Ballykinlar, 1920-21
Ballykinlar Prisoners Work. A macramé bag, natural colour with a green stripe, and strap, made by donor P. Bartley in Ballykinlar Camp, 1920 - 1921.
photograph / Ballykinlar Internment Camp, 1920-1921
A group of members of the Kildare Brigade I.R.A. Photographed in Ballykinlar Internment Camp. 1920-1921.
prison art / Ballykinlar Alter, c. 1920
Drawing of first altar erected at Ballykinlar Internment Camp, c.1920. Drapery and floor covering in front was of military blankets.
prison art / Ballykinlar Internment Camp, 1920-1921
Drawing of black hut and bath house, Ballykinlar Internment Camp, 1920 to 1921.
programme / Ballykinlar, 1920/21
Programme of entertainment given by the prisoners in Ballykinlar Internment Camp, circa 1920 or 1921. Drawn by Michael O Riada.
programme / Ballykinlar, 1920/21
Programme of entertainment given by the prisoners in Ballykinlar Internment Camp, c. 1920 or 1921. Drawn by Michael O Riada.
programme / Ballykinlar, 1920/21
Programme of entertainment given by the prisoners in Ballykinlar Internment Camp, c. 1920 or 1921.Drawn by Michael O Riada.