Around 1,800 Irish men were held without trial at an internment camp in the remote village of Frongoch in north Wales following the 1916 Easter Rising. According to The Irish Times, a “ghostly ...

This week marks the centenary of the release of the remaining 500 or so internees from Frongoch internment camp. History has, to a large extent, ...

There has been consistent engagement in Gaelic Games in prisons going right back to the period after the 1916 Rising ...

Events have taken place in Gwynedd to mark the centenary of the internment of Irish prisoners. The camp at Frongoch, near Bala had been used for German prisoners during World War One. But on 11 ...

Willie's cousin John Halpin took part in the occupation of the Four Courts and the GPO during the Rising and was also interned in Frongoch - he in the South Camp and Willie in the North.

Frongoch internment camp housed 1,800 revolutionaries, including Michael Collins and 30 future Dail TDs. It was dubbed the "University of Revolution" because the seeds were sown between June and ...

TO North Wales now, and the fascinating story of the Frongoch internment camp, near Bala. Little has been written about the connection between Wales and Ireland, but that is exactly what the ...

It rose in popularity again among the rebels imprisoned at the Frongoch internment camp in Wales following the Rising and became even more popular during the subsequent Irish War of Independence ...

Frongoch: university of the revolution. Some 1,800 Irish men were held at a remote Welsh prison camp and it was here that the seeds of the War of Independence were sown ...

Events have taken place in Gwynedd to mark the centenary of the internment of Irish prisoners. The camp at Frongoch, near Bala had been used for German prisoners during World War One. But on 11 ...