No women were executed but there were hunger strikes and some died after becoming ill in jail
An organisation called the Women’s Prisoners’ Defence League was formed by Maud Gonne MacBride and Charlotte Despard to help people get information on the whereabouts of men and women who were arrested.
In another file in the “captured papers” is a bundle of papers with names and addresses. There are about 40 sheets, all collected by military guards from prisoners. They were looking for information on the women detained; some gave false details such as names and addresses. Mary MacSwiney was on hunger strike in Mountjoy Jail in November 1922; to highlight the protest, her sister Annie joined her, setting up a bed at the prison gates where she too went without food
Irish prisoners also arrived by boat; a number of women from Kerry were transported on a boat normally used to bring cattle being to markets in DublinThe number of prisoners continued to increase. Under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Act, women deported from London, Liverpool and Glasgow were now among the prisoners. They included Eileen Barrett, Aggie Sheehan, Sorcha MacDermott, Hannah ‘Pidge’ Duggan, Lizzie Marrin, Mollie Duff and Mary Nelson.
The senior members of Cumann na mBan formed a prisoners’ council with commanding officers, quartermasters and adjutants. These members made depositions to the governor on behalf of prisoners. The prisoners’ council arranged classes and other activities such as cards, concerts and sports to pass the time.
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