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Full Title	The Irish Republic, v. 2, no. 11, November, 1940.
Contributor	McKiernan, Eoin.
Date Added	11 November 2021
Format	Newspaper
Language	English Irish
Publish Date	1940-11
Publisher	[New York : s.n.]
Source	Joseph McGarrity Collection.
Topic	Ireland > Politics > Newspapers.
About	More Details Permanent Link
Disclaimers	Disclaimer of Liability Disclaimer of Endorsement

OCR Vol. Il, No 11 D ORE SOOR SUS NOVEMBER, 20th ANNIVERSARY TERENCE MAC SWINEY'S DEATH See Article on Page 3 1940 $1.00 per year lrish Prisoners Are Suffering IIl- Treatment Curragh Prisoners Held Incommunicado DUBLIN:—Shocking details of the barbarous attitude of the Free State Government toward the thousands of Repub- lican prisoners have just come to public attention through the hospitalization of two men who were suffering from malnutrition and exposure. The public is aware of the unsani- tary condition of Mountjoy Prison here but few people have heretofore known of the state of a concentration camps in erowded Mountjoy, 16 been herded (as previously reported in the IRISH REPUBLIC). Up to this time they have been held on no charge, a procedure which is possible under the new coercion laws. Some of these women are familiar American friends: Ethel Taft, Maura Laverty, Shelia Mae Inerney, and An- nie O’Farrelly. Last week they were rs in other English Into have Ireland. women names to our informed that their imprisonment is for the ‘‘duration’’. No formal charge has yet been brought against them but the Act éndorses such Defense the thought to be in jeopardy. Hundreds jeet to government censorships — of Coercion the measures when of Realm is the exact number is sub- vol in men have been thrown into the Cork City. have been redistributed to other parts the Special Internment camps are to be erected in Cork in the the in- Pit- soners. But it is in the Curragh of Kil- Ordinary civil prisoners of country. near future to accommodate ereasing numbers of Republican dare that conditions ave worst. The pri- number thousands, (It is always difficult to the exact total of the prisoners because of the Free State censorship). Due to the great number interned here, and the consequent difficulty of soners here obtain the cruelest measures against them. Some of these men have been charged with sup- porting the campaign of the I. R. A. Others have been imprisoned on counts policing them, are enforced ranging from soliciting monies for the Prisoners’ Dependents’ Fund to mem- bership in the National Army. Prisoners of the Curragh are depriv- ed of all communication with the out- side. They are not allowed to receive packages or mail ¢ in Dublin and Cork ¢ permitted to have vis They are packed into crowded quarters with the are the prisoners ols. They are not tors. poorest sanitary conveniences, They are badly and inadequately fed. Their fare is poorer than what is served in Dub- is not sufficient lin and Cork. There around and aside from recently hospitalized, others: are suffering from the nights. Matters are further by the refusal of the Free State to al- clothing to ¢ two men eold damp complicated low the men in the Curragh to receive packages. Restrictions of this sort pre- vent outside help by friends and re- latives. Because of the great expense involy- ed the Free State has no intention, at present, following the example of the Northern Government prison ship, but no seeret is made of of in using a the fact here in Dublin that something must be done soon to find new quar- ters for the growing numbers of Re- publican prisoners, GREAT MILITARY LOSS IN ENGLAND BRISTOL—An important airport in this seetion has suffered destruction to the amount of $140,000 it was recently Scotland Yard’s Braneh which had been set up ago in attempt to with bloodless campaign of the LR.A. diselosed. Special a year the has an cope ‘ re | 28rd RMionth of the War for IRISH Freedom..! a admitted defeat before the systematic Dusnings and ‘‘inside damage’’ that go on like clockwork in England's vital industries. Kurther the moment and it is not yet known whether Ernest Coles who has heen ar- details are not available at rested in connection with the feat is a member of the Irish Republican Ex- peditionary Force. 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(With Apologies to Kipling) Lord of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far flung battle line, Gomorrah’s fate! - Look down this awful night and hold 1, . ve : The Irish have not acted well, Dominion over me and mine Lord God of Hosts, they’re coming yet, T can’t forget! — I can’t forg - a summer shower, Look down O Lord at London Tower! And tried their best to duty shirk; They talked of blazes in Clonmel While I was blazing from Dunkirk ! I haven’t seen the sun for days, On doeks and palace sinks the fire; I won’t forget! Your Garden Land is all ablaz Look down O Lord on Devonshire! Lord God of Ilosts, stay with me yet, IH pay the Debt!—Ull the Debt! The Queens are staying with Princess Sis; vay . : : pay I’m going down tied to the Mast, The frightful tumult never dies, I hear the leaves are falling fast, Lord God of Hosts, Vl get them yet, I won’t forget! No night was ever as long as this! Some people think the end has come; Swooping down like dragon flies Ilell’s angels drop a whistle bomb. aa Dear Lord send over Uncle Sam The smoke will show him where I am! PADRAIC LAGAN. —, —

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