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Birth of Richard Burke, Fine Gael politician and EC Commissioner →
- March 10, 1932
Irish jails open for 20 Republicans; De Valera, in First Act as Head of Cabinet Orders Release of Political Offenders. CROWD AT PRISON GATES Cheering Thousands Take George Gilmore and Others to Waiting Automobiles on Their Shoulders.
DUBLIN, March 10 – The Irish Republican Army flag, forbidden under the regime of William T. Cosgrave, was waved aloft in the streets of Dublin tonight in celebration of the release of twenty political prisoners freed today from Arbour Hill and other prisons.