Title
Released Irish prisoners, Mansion House, Dublin
Date
October, 1917
Subject
Vintage Photograph
Description
In June 1917 the British government released more than one hundred Irish prisoners who participated in the Easter rebellion. This photo was taken at a convention held in Dublin's Mansion House, October 1917, that unified Sinn Féin (Irish for “ourselves alone”) and established former prisoner Éamon de Valera as its leader. The location of Easter Rising rebel Con O’Donovan has been marked. Eoin MacNeill, founder of the Irish Volunteers, can be seen beside de Valera.
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