EPHEMERA

Object Name: Scrapbook
Maker: O'Kane, Maryann (Primary maker)
Date Made: c.1973
Place Made: Northern Ireland: County Tyrone: Legcloughfin
Description: Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from the early 1970s kept by Maryann O'Kane, a local schoolteacher, featuring headlines on the cover which read 'Man is shot dead by Army, two others wounded' and 'Three young soldiers found slain in Belfast'.
Materials: paper
Catalogue Number: BELUM.W2017.37.6
Copyright: National Museums Northern Ireland

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