A prison diary owned by Éamon de Valera when he was jailed in England after the 1916 Rising has come to light and will be auctioned in Dublin next month.

Whyte’s auctioneers said “a prison diary owned by Éamon de Valera – prisoner Q95 – during his imprisonment in Dartmoor, Maidstone and Lewes prisons in 1916-1917” has an estimated value of up to €5,000.