Identity area
Reference code
IE 2135 P13/1/1/2/3
Title
Photocopy of a letter from Patrick Hickey to his parents
Date(s)
- 6 March 1937 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
3 pp.
Context area
Name of creator
(Fl. 1980s-2000s)
Biographical history
Robert Arthur Stradling is professor emeritus of history at Cardiff University, Wales, and a leading authority on the Spanish Civil War. He has published extensively on the topic and made a number of documentaries for Spanish television and BBC Wales.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Photocopy of a letter from Patrick Hickey, ‘C’ Company Irish Brigade, c/o Caixa Postal 71 or 74, Lisbon, Portugal to his parents, describing life in the trenches: ‘Well mother we are on the front line at last it is safe enough only for the shells comeing… Read more
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
Allied materials area
Existence and location of copies
Available digitally on the University of Limerick Digital Library at https://doi.org/10.34966/uldl.wkgn-6p42.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Original number
P13/4