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Record Number: 12722


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'28th - Sunday morning. A bright morning but no land in sight. Found the "United Irishman" of yesterday in my cabin. The sixteenth and the last [italics] number. Read all the articles. Good Martin! Brave Reilly! but you will be swallowed, my fine fellows. "Government" has adopted the vigorous policy.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

28 May 1848

Country:

Ireland

Time

morning: Sunday morning

Place:

other location: on transport ship "Shearwater" between Dublin and Spike Island (Co. Cork)

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Mitchel

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Nov 1815

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason

Religion:

Presbyterian family

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

United Irishman

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Found


Source Information:

Record ID:

12722

Source:

Print

Author:

John Mitchel

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Jail Journal

Place of Publication:

Dublin

Date of Publication:

1913

Vol:

n/a

Page:

8

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Mitchel, Jail Journal, (Dublin, 1913), p. 8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12722, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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