TitleBallykinlar Prison Camp Currency Tokens
ReferenceIE 627/SM977
Date
1920-21
Production date 1920 - 1921
Scope and ContentIRA/republican prisoners, such as Tadhg Barry, were interned at Ballykinlar Co. Down during the War of Independence. Such prisoners were forbidden to retain money in their posession. Internees used paper chits for their transactions, which were designed by Michael O'Brien, a veteran of Easter Week, and printed in Dublin.
Extent1 item (3 mounted tokens)
Persons keywordBallinkinlar Camp. Co. Down, O'Brien, Michael (Easter Rising 1916 veteran)
SubjectWar of Independence (Ireland), Prison Camps, Prisons and Prisoners
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