Frongoch internment camp

[4] The camp became a breeding ground for the guerillas of the Irish rebels, with inspired organisers such as Michael Collins giving impromptu lessons in guerrilla tactics.

William O'Brien's Cork Free Press was one of the first papers he suppressed under the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 (DORA regulations) after its republican editor, Frank Gallagher, accused the British authorities of lying about the conditions and treatment of republican prisoners at the camp.

[6] The camp was emptied in late December 1916 when David Lloyd George replaced H. H. Asquith as Prime Minister.

[citation needed] In 2016, on the hundredth anniversary of the internment of Irish prisoners at Frongoch, the local community organized a number of commemoration events and the history of the camp was widely reported.

[10] Objects in their collection include: a Gaelic football adapted from a rugby ball, used in games at the camp;[11] puttees made by Patrick Keegan;[12] amongst others.