In 1923, Pádraig Ó Conchubhair visited Marsh’s Library only to be blocked by a woman cleaning the front steps. Almost three decades later, he described the encounter in a letter to the library.
The woman thought him a danger to the library and refused to let him pass because he wore the archetypal fedora hat and battered trenchcoat of the gunman.
Marsh's Library
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Citation:
'You're not getting in here!',
Marsh's Library Exhibits: ‘Changed Utterly?’
curated by Elaine Doyle and Jason McElligott,
accessed April 25, 2024,
https://www.marshlibrary.ie/digi/exhibits/show/irishrevolution/item/631