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Full Title	In times of peril : leaves from the diary of Nurse Linda Kearns from Easter week, 1916, to Mountjoy, 1921 / edited by Annie M.P. Smithson.
Author	Kearns, Linda.
Contributor	Smithson, Annie M.P. De Valera, Eamon, 1882-1975.
Date Added	4 February 2016
Format	Book
Language	English
Publish Date	1922
Publisher	Dublin : Talbot Press ; London : T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.,
Source	Joseph McGarrity Books.
Topic	Kearns, Linda. Prisoners > Ireland > Diaries. Nurses > Biography. Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916.
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OCR 22 IN TIMES OF PERIL. six o’clock we were taken off and landed on Bun- crana pier. I was nearly frozen while in the small boat which took us to land, as I missed so much my overcoat, rug, and gloves which the military had taken from me at Sligo. I could not help shivering, indeed my teeth were chattering with the cold, and Dr. insisted upon giving me his overcoat and rnufller, and he and Commandant placed me in the boat so that they could keep the wind from me. Upon landing, we were marched some distance, and then put in a lorry, and the officer in charge gave us a long harangue, impressing upon us that if they were ambushed or molested in any way during the drive, that we would all be shot imme- diately. It was not a very pleasant thought; especially when we were travelling by night from Buncrana to Derry, and at a time when that part of Ireland was in a very disturbed state, and I was glad when we reached Derry safely. The journey there was a most trying one, for the lorry was terribly uncomfortable. We were made to squat together on the floor of it, and although my comrades tried to ameliorate my position as well as they could, it was impossible to get any comfort. My feet soon went most painfully asleep, and I was not permitted to stand up, but had to remain hunched up on the floor of the lorry. Professor did his utmost for me, and made me use his back as a prop f01‘ mine, and very thankful I was of the support! At last we arrived at Derry Jail, and for my part I was tired and weary beyond words. I was aston- ished to find that the authorities were lodging fne in a male prison, but it seems to me that the English

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