Cote
IE CA IR-1/7/3/29
Titre
The Arrest and Trial of Capt. Childers
Date(s)
- c.1922 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
[1-3] 4-16 pp; Portrait; Printed
Nom du producteur
(1615-2023)
Dépôt
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Portée et contenu
A pamphlet relating to the trial and execution of Erskine Childers (1870-1922) who was convicted by a Free State military court on charges of illegally possessing a firearm and sentenced to death. While his appeal against the sentence was still pending, Childers was executed by firing squad at the Beggar’s Bush Barracks in Dublin on 24 Nov. 1922. The tract includes an elegy on Erskine Childers by Padraig de Brún. Published in London by Leslie Smith & Co., printers.