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prison art / Mountjoy Jail, 1922
Wooden chessman, handcarved. First piece of a set started by Liam Mellows in Mountjoy Jail, its completion interrupted by his execution on 8 December 1922.
prison spoon / Mountjoy, 1922
Carved horn spoon. Mementoes of Liam Mellows, Rory O'Connor, Joseph McKelvey and Richard Barrett, executed in Mountjoy, 1922.