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IE CA IR-1/7/3/29
Titel
The Arrest and Trial of Capt. Childers
Datum(s)
- c.1922 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Stuk
Omvang en medium
[1-3] 4-16 pp; Portrait; Printed
Naam van de archiefvormer
(1615-2023)
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Bereik en inhoud
A pamphlet relating to the trial and execution of Erskine Childers (1870-1922) who was convicted by a Free State military court on charges of illegally possessing a firearm and sentenced to death. While his appeal against the sentence was still pending, Childers was executed by firing squad at the Beggar’s Bush Barracks in Dublin on 24 Nov. 1922. The tract includes an elegy on Erskine Childers by Padraig de Brún. Published in London by Leslie Smith & Co., printers.