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prison art / Maryboro Prison, 1923
Maryboro Prison, 1923. White cotton handkerchief, 16.25 inches square. Hand painted design in centre showing Maryboro Prison flanked on either side by tricolor. Above, heart pierced by crossed arrows, and circled by ring inscribed "Mary-Boro Prison". Below is design including harp and cross and...
prison art / Maryboro Jail, 1922 / 1923
Carved bone cross, ex Maryboro Jail, 1922 / 1923. Celtic cross 9.8 x 5.8 cm. overall, carved by an injured prisoner, John Goodison, with a broken needle, and including the dedication "In Loving/Memory of/J. Parle/P. Hogan/J. Creane/Executed in/Wexford".
prison art / Maryborough Prison, 1922-23
Handkerchief, drawing, Prisoner Art, refers to Maryborough Prison 1922-1923, commemoration of Adct P. Hickey, 4th Company, 5th Batt., Dublin Brigade, 1922. With inscription "In loving memory of Adct P.Hickey, 4th Compy 5th Batt Dublin Brigade, killed in Maryborough Prison, Aug 29th 1922 aged 22...