![The first fruits of the Public S...[loss of text - probably Public Safety Act] ... : it is remarkable that the first person selected for arrest under Mr. Cosgrave's Public Safety Act should be Seán Gonne MacBride ...](/IIIF/000540000/000539943/vtls000539943_001.jp2/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
The first fruits of the Public S...[loss of text - probably Public Safety Act] ... :
it is remarkable that the first person selected for arrest under Mr. Cosgrave's Public Safety Act should be Seán Gonne MacBride ...
| Summary: | Handbill issued following the arrest [on 24 August 1927] of Seán MacBride following the assassination of Kevin O'Higgins [by Timothy Coughlin, Bill Gannon and Archie Doyle on 10 July 1927 while O'Higgins was going to the Church of the Assumption, Booterstown]; despite Seán MacBride having an alibi he was charged under the Public Safety Act [Public Safety (Emergency Powers) Act, 1926]. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
Dublin:
The Fodhla Printing Co.,
1927.
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| Notes: | This item is held in the Ephemera Department. Partial loss of text at head of the handbill. Dated: "Roebuck House, Clonskea. August 25, 1927". Physical description: 1 sheet ; 29 x 22 cm. more |