Newspaper
Collection object
0000.3438
one sheet folded to 38.3 x 31.8
Newspaper. The Daily Sketch, No. 2868, London, Monday May 20, 1918. Contains report and photographs of the arrest and transportation to England of Sinn Fein leaders. P.2: Head only of Arthur Griffith, autographed in Irish and English; P.4: Darrell Figgis and Eamon de Valera in one photo, Figgis autograph in Irish and English, de Valera in Irish; photo of Countess Markievicz, unsigned; head and shoulders of Joseph McGuinness, autographed in Irish; ditto John McGarry, in Irish; William Cosgrave and Dr Thomas Dillon standing together, Cosgrave autograph in English, Dillon in Irish and English. Four page paper. Crease marks where it has been folded in four. Edges torn. War of Independence. Letter with from donor states that photos signed at request of sergeant of the British guard, now a member of donors parish, who gave it to him as a souvenir.
Eamon de Valera (associated with)