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"Prison Postcard"

Date

1922

Technique

Handwritten

Dimensions

Length: 13.9cm
Width: 8.7cm

Caption

In May 1922, hundreds of nationalists were arrested in Northern Ireland. Many, including Sean Nethercott, were later interned on the Argenta Prison Ship. While interned, Sean Nethercott sent this postcard to his future wife, Mollie Pigott. Mollie was employed as a cook by R.M. Walker of Fort Lodge, Enniskillen

Credit

Shay Nethercott Collection

Object number

FCM_2009_143