BITE-SIZED HISTORY

BY TONY CANAVAN A forgotten collection of memorabilia was recently unearthed in Derry. Among the items in Frankie McMenamin’s collection is a Dublin Castle arrest warrant for Kevin O’Higgins, the architect of the Irish Free State; a cheque for £11 19s. signed by Terence MacSwiney, the lord mayor of Cork who died on hunger strike ... Read more

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