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sock / de Valera, Lincoln Jail, 1919
Sock, reputedly worn by Eamon de Valera in the escape from Lincoln Jail, 1919. Worn over boots. One sock, with arm of a wool jumper sewn onto ankle part to lengthen and widen.
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...