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Calls for 'Peterhead Ten' plaque in Ballinamore

May 7, 2026 13:25
By Shannonside News
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Calls for 'Peterhead Ten' plaque in Ballinamore

They were held in the brutal granite quarries of Scotland for four years, and eventually returned by train to Ballinamore.

There are calls for a plaque to be erected in Ballinamore in memory of Republican prisoners who endured terrible conditions in a British prison.

The 'Peterhead Ten' were arrested in early 1922 while trying to undertake border raids.

They were held in the brutal granite quarries of Scotland for four years, and eventually returned by train to Ballinamore.

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Local councillor Brendan Barry says a plaque should be erected there - to mark the 100th anniversary of their release:

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