Return of 1916 Ephemera / ‘Flag of Surrender Returned’
- IE CA CP/3/16/10/30
- Partie
- 5 Apr. 1948
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
An article reporting on the return by Captain E.J. Hitzen of some mementoes and ephemera he captured following the 1916 Rising. The items included the white flag used by Éamon de Valera during the surrender of Boland’s Mill. The article also refers to Hitzen’s recollections of the Rising. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Times’ (5 April 1948).