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2017 Online Exhibitions

2016


March

A copy of the lower half of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and related correspondence.

December

A letter from John Sweetman to his wife, Agnes, written from Wandsworth Prison following his internment in the wake of the 1916 Rising.

November

A travel permit book, dated 13 October 1916, issued to Mary Vigors under the terms of the Defence of the Realm Act.

October

A claim by Mary Anne Reilly for compensation for personal injury sustained during the 1916 Rebellion.

September

Application for the release of Terence MacSwiney following his internment after the 1916 Rising.

August

The final report of the Property Losses (Ireland) Committee, 1916.

July

Wills of Irish soldiers serving in the British Army who were killed during the Battle of the Somme, which began on 1 July 1916.

June

The last will and testament of Seán MacDiarmada, written in Kilmainham Gaol on the 12 May 1916, the day of his execution for his role in the 1916 Rising.

May

A list of 183 civilians tried before a courts martial for their activities during the 1916 Rising.

April

An application for compensation to the Property Losses (Ireland) Committee from Lizzie Walsh, a chamber maid in the Metropole Hotel in Sackville Street, which was completely destroyed following the 1916 Rising.

February

A 1911 census House and Building Return Form (Form B1) and an Enumerator’s Abstract Form (Form N) for Bishop Street, Dublin, and a Household Return (Form A) for the Fox family.

January

An account, written by Anne and Mary Reynolds, of their poor circumstances as a result of the death of their brother, George Reynolds, during the 1916 Rising.