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Radio 4,13 May 2016,11 mins

13 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley

Home Front

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On this day in 1916, the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith visited Mountjoy prison in Dublin, where De Valera refused to shake his hand, and in Staverton, it's Alexander's birthday. Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Sound: Martha Littlehailes

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