Reference code
IE CA IR-1/5/3/11
Title
Newspaper reports on the trial of Fr. Dominic O'Connor
Date(s)
- Jan. 1921 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
3 items; Newspaper
Name of creator
(13 February 1883-17 October 1935)
Repository
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Scope and content
Copies of the 'Irish Independent' and 'Irish Times' carrying reports referring to the court martial of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. He was arrested following a raid on the Church Street Friary in Dublin in January 1921. He was court martialled in Kilmainham Jail and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment but was released the following year under the terms of a general amnesty following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The newspapers are badly torn and frayed at the edges. Very careful manual handling is required with these items.