Historical Collections Online

 

bowl / de Valera, Kilmainham, 1970

Turned wood bowl, made of a beam of wood from the old chapel in Kilmainham Jail. Presented to Eamon de Valera by the Restoration Project 3 February 1970, marking his escape from Lincoln Jail.

 

master key / Lincoln Jail, 1919

Master key of Lincoln Jail. Made there by Peter de Loughry of Kilkenny, with which Eamon de Valera, Sean McGarry and Sean Milroy were able to escape on 4th February 1919. Two keys, iron, slightly rusted, with label - "Given to E. de Valera by Willie McMahon to whom it was given by Harry Boland...