00:00As soon as John Mitchell was convicted he started Jail Journal.
00:03Pierce described it as one of the four Gospels of the nationality of Ireland.
00:07De Valera absolutely adored the book and when I was growing up in the town of
00:12Newry, Jail Journal was mentioned almost the same way as the Bible was
00:16mentioned and John Mitchell's name was revered as a saint's name might have
00:20been revered in his hometown of Newry. So when he started Jail Journal he was
00:25starting something very very special that would resonate long after his death.
00:29When John Mitchell died he was an undiluted hero. Everybody admired him
00:34even the the papers that opposed him in life admired him in death and they said
00:40we couldn't possibly agree with his views but he was a brave man he was a
00:43generous man he was an honest man and the tributes were worldwide. Nationalist
00:48papers just praised him. Unionist papers decried his politics but praised the man.
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