Liam de Róiste Papers Descriptive List Ref. U271

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Level:

Item 13pp

Extent: Part of:

U271/D/8/C

Scope and Content: Contains 17 numbered paragraphs. Analyses in detail the current issues, manifesto, and policies of the Sinn Féin party in the upcoming general election 1918. Criticises the record of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and the English government in Ireland. Possibly the text of a lecture or newspaper article.

Reference:

U271/D/8/C/2

Date:

Nov 1918

Title: Notes by Liam de Róiste concerning 'Leaflet being distributed in England, 'An Imperial Danger Ireland of To-day, The Loyal Minority's Claim. The Sinn Féin Menace'. Level: Item Extent: 2pp Part of: U271/D/8/C Scope and Content:

U271/D/8/D Leaflets/Propaganda 1918

Reference:

U271/D/8/D

Date:

1918

Title: Level:

Leaflets/Propaganda

file

Extent: Part of:

14 items U271/D/8

Scope and Content:

Reference:

U271/D/8/D/001

Date:

26 Nov 1918

Title:

Leaflet from Liam de Róiste and J.J. Walsh, Sinn Féin candidates, 'To the

Electors of the Parliamentary Borough of Cork' Level: Item Extent: 1p (13 copies) Part of: U271/D/8/D Scope and Content: They are 'advocates for the Sovereign Independence of Ireland'. Sinn Féin seeks to represent Ireland's case at the Peace Conference. Explains the policy of abstaining from the Westminster parliament, opposition to Union with England even with Home Rule, the 'menace of Conscription', need for economic development, opposition to partition. 'We stand for the ideas and traditions and culture of the old unconquered and unconquerable Gaelic race...Ireland is not a province nor a colony but a nation....we ask the votes of the electors of Cork, the men and women of the Rebel City of the South.

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