Notebook kept by Sean Hayes TD, Governor of Newbridge Internment Camp
TitreNotebook kept by Sean Hayes TD, Governor of Newbridge Internment Camp
RéférenceU421A/1
Date
16 Sep 1922 - 28 Feb 1923
Date 1922 - 1923
Etendue et contenuNotebook kept by Sean Hayes, Governor of Newbridge Internment Camp during the Civil War, recording daily events at the Camp including numbers of incoming prisoners, capture of escaped prisoners, staff on duty, his presence at the Dail; such as, 'Twenty three prisoners arrived mostly Donegal men...' (16th September 1922), and such as, '...Tunnel discovered started and filled in again in [prison] block (16 October 1922); and such as, 'Governor at Dail...(11 Oct 1922); and such as '..Governor saw Fr. Brophy re Chaplains, [prisoner numbers] (1102) Thos. Healy (1033) Peter Kelleher, got out of bread van as far as the QM Stores. Put in Guard Room...' (4 Nov 1922); and such as, '...shots were fired at the front gate and the Engineers post. Machine gun fire was opened from the Engineers post....there were no casualties...(26 Nov 1922); as such as 'Letter from Prisoner Stephen O'Mara, Limerick, demanding facilities for defending legal action re. Dail funds...(10 Jan 1923); and such as '119 prisoners arrived ar 12.30pm by special train from Dun Laoghaire off 'St.Senan'... (25 Jan 1923)
Etenduec40pp
Mot clé de personneNewbridge Internment Camp
AccessOpen by appointment to all holding a current reader's ticket
Conditions de reproductionSubject to rules governign reproduction of records at CCCA
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