Photographs of Ballykinlar Internment camp circa 1920-21
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Photographs of Ballykinlar Internment camp circa 1920-21
In the aftermath of “Bloody Sunday” (a series of significant events occurred in the Anglo Irish War), on 21 November 1920, British authorities arrested hundreds of Republicans and opened up several internment camps across Ireland.
The very first internment camp set up was at Ballykinlar in County Down.
Internees were sent to the camp from a number of areas.
The volume of arrests however became so great that security forces had to resort to setting up additional camps in order to deal with the number of people being interned.
The Ballykinlar internment camp opened in December 1920.
The Camp at the Ballykinlar is situated right on the County Down coast at the mouth of Dundrum Bay about 3 miles from the village of Dundrum which is situated between Downpatrick and Newcastle
In the year that followed the internment camp’s Opening in December 1920 some 2,000 men were interned at Ballykinlar
These photographs record some of those internees.
Photo 1
Ballykinler number one internment camp
Irish republican prisoners 1922 to 1921
Hut 8 “D“ Company
A total of 25 internees are pictured and their names are displayed below
Photo 2
Ballykinlar internment camp Irish Republican Prisoners 1920 to 1921
Hut 31 “A“ company number one camp
A total of 23 internees are depicted in this photograph and their names are recorded below
Photo 3
Ballykinlar number one internment camp
Irish republican prisoners 19 2021
Hut 20 “C“ Company
A total of 24 internees are pictured here with their names set out on the card below
Photo 4
Ballykinlar internment camp number one
Irish republican prisoners 1928 1921
Hut 34 “A“ Company
A total of 24 internees are a depicted in the photograph with their name set out on the card below
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