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Portlaoise Prison

 Organization

General Context

Irish prison. Portlaoise Prison is a maximum security prison in Portlaoise, Ireland, where convicted members of the Provisional IRA and other paramillitary groups are incarcerated.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Portlaoise prisoners flag, 1974: manuscript

 Collection — Shared_box 1224: Series II; Series I, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Flag on white cloth, with the words "Portlaoise. Eire Nua. 1974" and a hand-drawn design depicting the Irish flag, a shamrock, and an orange-and-blue sunburst flag, enclosed within a barbed-wire heart, flanked by the signatures of 36 Irish republican prisoners.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: 1974