Download 13 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley
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
Published on Friday, 13th May 2016.
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