7 Cork City & County Archives: Through War and Rebellion: Cork 1912-1918 Resource Pack 7: 1916 Wakefield Prison Letter
Further research and sources
CORK CITY AND COUNTY ARCHIVES CATALOGUE
The item is from collection PR6 Seamus Fitzgerald Papers (link from catalogue to descriptive list): http://catalogue.corkarchives.ie/Details/archive/110000335
Collection U421 relates to Sean Hayes, a West Cork man who fought in the GPO in 1916 and was interned in Frongoch, and later served as military governor of Newbridge Prison during the Civil War: http://catalogue.corkarchives.ie/Details/archive/110000856
The Archives holds several small collections of letters from Terence MacSwiney during his time in English prisons. Use ‘Terence MacSwiney’ as a search term on: www.catalogue.corkarchives.ie
CORK CITY AND COUNTY ARCHIVES WEBSITE
Pauline Henley’s correspondence with MacSwiney and his family is listed here: http://www.corkarchives.ie/media/U207web.pdf
Other listed MacSwiney prison letters: http://www.corkarchives.ie/media/SM806web.pdf http://www.corkarchives.ie/media/SM759web.pdf
ELSEWHERE AND ONLINE
History Ireland Countdown to 2016: Sport in Frongoch http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/countdown-to-2016-sport-in- frongoch/
Brief article about how the prisoners kept themselves entertained at Frongoch
The Proclamation 1916 The Roll of Honour http://the1916proclamation.ie/the-roll-honour/
Full list of all the participants on the Irish side in the Easter Rising
Hansard UK Parliamentary Sittings 1916 http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/sittings/1916/
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