1921 - Mrs Bridget Whelan on a vigil outside Mountjoy Prison, Dublin

Mrs Bridget Whelan, the mother of 19-year-old Thomas Whelan, with a crowd of supporters outside Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, on the day before Thomas was executed. Maud Gonne McBride stands to her left side. 13th March 1921

W.D Hogan Collection, HE:EW.2038
Courtesy National Museum of Ireland

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