The Godfrey Burr Collection

Ballykinlar Internment Camp, 1920-1, Camp 2, One Penny, on light card. A few spots of foxing and cracking on back along crease, otherwise very fine to good very fine (£200-250)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Godfrey Burr Collection.

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During the Irish war of independence the British military commenced the internment of known Irish nationalists at Ballykinlar, co. Down. At its peak the internment camp was home to about 5,000 internees who used a variety of cards printed by O’Loughlin, Murphy & Boland Ltd, Upper Dorset street, Dublin, as currency