Erskine Childers Papers.
Papers of Erskine Childers (1870-1922), mainly Official Publications of Dail Eireann and the British Parliament, dealing with the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the War of Independence in Ireland. Includes correspondence and circulars, as well as pamphlets, posters and handbills relating particularly to events in Ireland during 1919 -1922.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Physical description: 6 boxes. |
| Arrangement: | Fonds |
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Copy of a letter from John Boyle O'Reilly to Alfred Webb comparing Siberian prisons with English ones, with a covering letter deploring the harsh treatment of Irish prisoners from the Easter Rising,
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| In Collection: | Erskine Childers Papers |
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| Description: | The author of the covering letter quotes the example of John Boyle O'Reilly to highlight the abuses of Irishmen in English prisons, and says how the Irish Parliamentary Party has "not ceased...to declare before the world the barbarity of applying such treatment to men who, unquestionably, are political prisoners". |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 item (6 pages). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 48,061/10
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |