Coyle was eventually taken to Mountjoy Prison from which she was transferred to Kilmainham.

Coyle was one of twenty female prisoners to escape on 7 May 1923. She was recaptured the following day however. Coyle was finally released from Kilmainham in December 1923. 4/

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This week 1922, Pathé Gazette featured Mary and Annie MacSwiney for their hunger strikes inside & outside the gates of Dublin's Mountjoy Jail. A separate newsreel item focused on recently executed Erskine Childers. Images: Belfast News-Letter & British Pathé #EarlyIrishCinema1922 #IrishHistory #MaryMacSwiney #ErskineChilders #Mountjoy