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NAME 

De PAOR, MAIGHRÉAD and SIOBHÁN
  
IDENTITY STATEMENT  
Reference code: IE UCDA P140
Title:Memoirs of Maighréad and Siobhán de Paor
Dates: 1923
Level of description: Item
Extent: 21pp
  
CONTENT AND STRUCTURE 
Scope and Content 

Typescript copy account by Maighréad and Siobhán de Paor, entitled 'Blaze away with your little gun', of their experiences in three prisons, Tralee, Kilmainham and the North Dublin Union.

Gives a brief account of the propaganda activities for which they were arrested; the circumstances of their arrest; the food and conditions in each of the prisons; prisoners' pastimes and occupations; with anecdotal reference to their fellow prisoners and hunger strikers including Maude Gonne MacBride, Mary MacSwiney, Eithne Coyle and Sighle Humphreys.

The date given is that of the events described, the account being made from memory, c.1960s.

  
CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE
Access:Available by appointment to holders of a UCDA  reader's ticket.
Language:English

 


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