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- 1916 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
23 ff. ; 180 x 105 mm. and less.
Ruled notebook with embossed card covers, 'Memorandum' stamped in blind on front cover.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Consigned to auction by a descendant of Tomás O Donohoe.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mullen's Auctioneers; Bray, Wicklow; Purchased at auction, lot 83; 11 September 2021; 992294509802419.
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Scope and content
A notebook containing a medical list for the South Camp at Frongoch internment camp, Merioneth, 17 July-18 August and 22 October 1916, compiled by Tomás O Donncadha (Tomás O Donohoe).
The lists, compiled daily, 17-23 July, 25 July, 29 July-2 August (ff. 4-10, rectos only, 11-13, 14) and 3-18 August (ff. 3 verso-7 verso, versos only, 8 verso-10 verso, 13 verso, 14 verso-20), are variously headed 'Hospital List', 'Medicine' or 'Medical List' and include the names of patients and their prisoner numbers. Three further lists, 22 October 1916 and [n.d.], are included on loose sheets (ff. 21-23). The volume also includes lists of Irish words and phrases (ff. 1 verso-2 verso, 18 verso-19). The volume is written mostly in pencil. Frongoch housed over 1800 Irish republicans between June and December 1916; the South Camp was located in an old whisky distillery, the nearby North Camp consisted of wooden huts. O Donohoe writes 'Farewell' on f. 19 verso and the end of the volume coincides closely with the release of the majority of the prisoners in mid-August.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Irish
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Irish.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Folios 7 and 8 partially excised.
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Title based on contents.
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- Fron-goch (Concentration camp) (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
November 2022.
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Jones.