Frongoch internment camp

Frongoch internment camp at Frongoch in Merionethshire in Wales was a makeshift place of imprisonment during the First World War. Until 1916 it housed German prisoners of war, but in the wake of the 1916 Rising, the German prisoners were moved and it was then used as a place of internment for approximately 1800 prisoners taken during the Post Office rising, among them being such notables as Michael Collins, Eamonn de Valera and Arthur Griffith.

The camp was divided into two parts, the south end was an abandoned distillery, the north was a makeshift collection of huts.

The camp became a fertile seeding ground for the spreading of the revolutionary gospel, with inspired organisers such as Michael Collins giving impromptu lessons in guerilla tactics.

The camp was emptied in December 1916 when Lloyd George replaced Asquith as Prime Minister.