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'Letters to and from Internment Camps in Ireland, 1920-1921'
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By: William Murphy
Publisher: Irish Manuscripts Commission
Published: August 2018
Pages: 1
Categories: Humanities
Available as: Hardback
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ISBN-13: 9781906865306
ASIN: 1906865302

November 1920 marked a turning-point in the Irish War of Independence as increasing violence prompted the British authorities to institute a range of stronger security measures, including widespread internment. In the following months internment camps were established at locations across Ireland, including Ballykinlar, Co. Down, the Curragh, Co. Kildare, and Spike and Bere Islands in Co. Cork. Some 3,311 men were held at these places by late June 1921. The letters transcribed in this edition throw light on the impact of internment on the families and communities of the internees as well as the conditions and conflicts in the camps.

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