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letter / Portobello Barracks, 1916
Letter from a British soldier, written on the Thursday of Easter Week, 1916 from Portobello Barracks, Dublin signed J.B., incidental shooting of Francis Sheehy Skeffington with envelope addressed to Miss Lyden, 104 Marlborough Rd., Donnybrook, Dublin. 4 pp. Note in pencil in top left corner...
relic / Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 1916
Portion of a brick in which is embedded a bullet, fired by the firing party which executed Mr Francis Sheehy Skeffington at Portobello Barracks, that passed through the body of the late Francis Sheehy Skeffington. With authenticating letter signed by F. McL. Scannell, December 1935 (NMI...
photograph / Portobello Barracks, 1922
(Cashman 169) British withdrawal. Photograph of taking over Portobello Barracks, May 1922. The Irish troops (right) are seen marching in while the British soldiers are ready to march out.
photograph / British withdrawal, 1922
(Cashman 170) British withdrawal. Photograph of the troops leaving Portobello Barracks, Dublin, May, 1922. The officer in front gives the last look back as they approach the Canal-gate.