Ballykinlar Prison Camp Currency Tokens
TeidealBallykinlar Prison Camp Currency Tokens
TagairtIE 627/SM977
Dáta
1920-21
Dáta táirgthe 1920 - 1921
Scóp agus InneacharIRA/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.
Méid1 item (3 mounted tokens)
Eochairfhocail an duineBallinkinlar Camp. Co. Down, O'Brien, Michael (Easter Rising 1916 veteran)
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