Headhunters, pirates and transported convicts: the files rescued from 1922 fire at Public Records Office - The Irish Times


6/30/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Ronan McGreevy

An English captain who brought the heads of five Gaelic rebels to Dublin was awarded £12 for his services to the Crown

In his posthumously published memoir The Singing Flame, anti-Treaty officer Ernie OMalley sarcastically observed the destruction of the Public Records Office (PRO) on June 30th, 1922. The PRO, which… [+9041 chars]

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