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Maighréad and Siobhán de Paor

Identity Statement forMaighréad and Siobhán de Paor

Reference code: IE UCDA P140

Title: Papers of Maighréad and Siobhán de Paor

Dates: 1923

Level of description: Item

Extent: 21pp

Identity Statement for Maighréad and Siobhán de Paor

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 MacSwineyEithne Coyle and Sighle Humphreys.

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

Access: Available by appointment to holders of a UCD Archives reader's ticket. Produced for consultation in digital format.

Language: English