{"id":293,"date":"2021-10-14T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/?p=293"},"modified":"2022-01-28T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T15:49:34","slug":"with-the-insects-at-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/decade-of-centenary\/with-the-insects-at-lincoln\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018With the Insects at Lincoln\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As part of the Historian in Residence programme, we are developing a booklet of sources related to Westmeath during the years 1918-1923. Such sources are scattered through many libraries and archives in Ireland, internationally and online. Mullingar public library also holds a number of documents from the period, some of which we have highlighted during the past year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n An eye-catching item in the library archive is \u2018With the Insects at Lincoln\u2019, Se\u00e1n Milroy\u2019s collection of cartoons charting life in Lincoln Jail during 1918. \u2018With the Insects at Lincoln\u2019 contains 25 original coloured pen-and-wash cartoons, each measuring about 18 x 14cm. Most of the images, which are contained in a notebook, are dated and include captions written by Milroy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n