Civil War Prisoner Autograph Book

An autograph book signed by Anti-Treaty IRA prisoners detained in Limerick Jail in early 1923. The text includes patriotic and republican poems and statements composed by the detainees. The volume was compiled by James O’Mahony (Séamus Ó Mathúna) from Mitchelstown in County Cork. O’Mahony joined the Irish Volunteers in September 1917 and was active in the anti-conscription campaign. As an engineering student in University College Cork, he continued his republican activities and by July 1921 held

Details

Level of description: File
Date: Feb. 1923-Mar. 1923
Reference: 46
Extent and medium: 33 pp; 24 cm x 22 cm; Manuscript and ink drawing
Scope and content: An autograph book signed by Anti-Treaty IRA prisoners detained in Limerick Jail in early 1923. The text includes patriotic and republican poems and statements composed by the detainees. The volume was compiled by James O’Mahony (Séamus Ó Mathúna) from Mitchelstown in County Cork. O’Mahony joined the Irish Volunteers in September 1917 and was active in the anti-conscription campaign. As an engineering student in University College Cork, he continued his republican activities and by July 1921 held the rank of adjutant of the 6th Battalion of the Cork No. 2 Brigade of the IRA. He participated in several engagements with British forces in Cork during the War of Independence and was appointed the brigade’s principal training officer. He took the Anti-Treaty side during the Civil War and was a member of the republican forces which fought in a large-scale engagement in Kilmallock in County Limerick in August 1922. He was captured by the National Army in December 1922 and was initially confined in Mitchelstown. In early January 1923, he was moved to Limerick Jail and was held there until he escaped on 31 March.
General note: James O’Mahony (Séamus Ó Mathúna) was the father of Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap (1934-2020).
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Capuchin Papers relating to the Irish Revolution > Pamphlets, Cartoons and Publicity Material > Anti-Treaty Publicity Material

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Extracted Mentions

People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.

People

Carthy(2)
Long(2)
Mountain(2)
COOK(2)
Fall(2)
Charles(2)
Power(1)
Patrick(1)

Places

Terms

Despair(1)

Sample passages

Tomorrow Mr Carthy
I mond me Carthy
Good try to all the long

Full Transcript (OCR, 32 pages)

Machine-generated OCR transcript. Handwritten material may contain recognition errors.

Page 1

Do Róisin Dub Tó graid agan am Cleib Duiz le bliam anois graid cráidte, graid cásmar, graid cupaize graid d'fáig mé gan sláinte, gan Riam grán Ruiz 'S go brait brait gan aon Ruizal agan AR mo Róisin Dub Not all the armies of all the bompers in the World could break the spirit of one trad men (L. Mc Subine) Padraig Mac Cornair in Prisin Munice Pribira '23

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Selen celem & Captin bazid on it Room ital

Page 3

27th July 1923. O quadrangle Last late - m. 1 mo passes Good try to all the long Lady

Page 4

Feb. 27th 1923 Lumerick County, Juil "When the last of Crowns like glass shall break on the scenes our sorrows have haunted. And the best the last dead quilty, shall speak, By your side Ye shall find me undaunted. On Rhine or on Liffey in word and in deed. Ye shall witness true to his vow on the wheels of thrones in the midst of the freed the wheel who greets you now." Scan H. Goughlin o. e. Prisoner

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Limeric K Prison 27. 20. 1923 With O. G. Loughlin at our head We know we cannot fail With liberty once more in sight we'll smash this blooming Gaol. Murph. Öhaoda, sy Zlenzy

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