Metal debris and bullet cartridges

Fused fragments of metal and assorted bullet cartridges reputedly taken from the destroyed shell of the General Post Office in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising.

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Level of description
Item
Date
1916
Reference
2-A
Extent and medium
Artefact
Scope and content
Fused fragments of metal and assorted bullet cartridges reputedly taken from the destroyed shell of the General Post Office in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising.
Physical characteristics
Over-sized storage.
Related units of description
The precise provenance of this artefact is uncertain but cf. IE CA IR-1-3-1-7. https://catholicarchives.ie/index.php/letter-from-t-martin-to-fr-aloysius-travers-ofm-cap-enclosing-artefacts-found-in-the-general-post-office
Repository
Irish Capuchin Archives
Context
Irish Capuchin Archives > Capuchin Papers relating to the Irish Revolution > Pictorial Albums, Ephemera and Artefacts of the 1916 Rising

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