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This episode explores the conditions and experiences within Free State prisons during the conflict involving the anti-treaty IRA.

When the anti-treaty IRA were not fighting the Free State Army, they were fighting the Free State prison system. Learn about conditions in the Free State prisons, prison escapes, and the horrors anti-treaty women went through. Transcript Support this podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join my newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and stay up to date on all my projects ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit my website

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