Westport 1916
A historical collection of documents and photographs from around Westport in commemoration of the local events of the rising in 1916
Patrick Tunney is the middle row, second from the left and his brother Michael Tunney is the back row, fifth from the left.
It is believed this is a photograph of Mayo prisoners in the Curragh internment camp.
The historical documents are filed under different categories such as RIC report, Poems, Books & Articles . You can filter by category or search all documents.
Dated 14th May 1916. (National Archives, Dublin) I am sending two more prisoners Darrel Figgis and P.J. Doris to Dublin. Both these men are well known and are looked upon as dangerous Sinn Féiners. Doris belongs to Westport and Figgis belongs to Achill. Three of the worst leaders have already been sent to Dublin namely […]
The Proclamation of the Republic (Irish: Forógra na Poblachta), also known as the 1916 Proclamation or Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising in Ireland, which began on 24 April 1916. In it, the Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, styling itself the […]
by Patrick M. Tunney, D.C. (Reprinted from Mayo New, 5, 12 and 19 Jan., 1918) The golden rays of a glorious summer’s sun were just brightening the heavenly canopy on Tuesday morning the 9th May, 1916, when I suddenly awoke from my slumber to the tramp of marching feet, which were fast approaching my parental […]
An Appreciation – Mr. Thaddeus Walsh To the ‘Mayo News’ Patrick Tunney. Cushlough, August, 1931. Whenever we reflect on days gone by we always find that some of our best friends and associates have, also, gone to other spheres – one by one they have passed away, therefore, whilst fate bades us to sojourn here and enable […]
Great lads may own great mansions with stately castles tall, Or enjoy great social functions; an many a spacious hall. But with all their pleasure, pomp or wealth I wouldn’t swap, machree, For life in Derrykillew is good enough for me. I can’t indulge in sparkling wines; Jamacia’s rum or gin. Though I am told […]
Published in the Mayo News, April 13, 1929. To perpetuate the Memory of the late Miss Margaret Malone, Westport, who died February, 1929. She was an estimable young lady of many qualities. Her premature demise will be mourned most by those who knew her best. R.I.P. The silent tomb enshrouds thy heart, Thy spirit, true, […]
HM Prison Wandsworth is a Category B men’s prison at Wandsworth in South West London, England. It was opened in 1851 and is the largest prison in the United Kingdom. It was designed for 700 prisoners in individual cells, each with toilet facilities. From 1870, conditions at Wandsworth deteriorated and the toilets were removed from […]
This poem was written while an inmate in Frongoch internment camp at Frongoch, Merionethshire, Wales. In the fourth verse we read that “I am pining, ever pining,Pining ‘mongst the hills of Wales”. Frongoch was an abandoned distillery with crude wooden huts surrounded by barbed wire. In each of the camps, prisoners elected their own commandants […]
Miss Margaret (Peg) Malone is the same person as # 70 Margaret Malone Published in the Mayo News, February 7, 1931. Elegiac lines written on the second anniversary of the demise of the mourned Miss Margaret (Peg) Malone, Westport, who died February, 1929. By her death Ireland lost a worthy friend and Irish freedom lost […]
Written while a prisoner in Wandsworth Jail. 1916 Published in the Mayo News, February 1, 1947 The sun was just peeping, one fine Summer’s morning, Tho’ dungeons of Wandsworth lay dormant and still. When out of the gloaming ,without any warning, A little bird came to my lone window-sill. And brought me a message, as […]
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