Liam de Róiste Papers Descriptive List Ref. U271

Extent: Part of:

U271/A/2

Scope and Content:

Reference:

U271/A/2/002

Date:

Dec 1920

Title:

TS. portion of memoir/essay/diary entry by Liam de Róiste. Refers to the

town of Goteburg, Sweden, impressions of the place and people. Level: Item Extent: 2pp (3 copies) Part of: U271/A/2 Scope and Content:

Reference:

U271/A/2/003

Date:

9 Aug 1922

Title: Level:

Memoir, written at '1 Rinn an bhile, ag Béal Cuain Corcaighe' (Ringabella)

Item

Extent: Part of:

5pp

U271/A/2

Scope and Content: De Róiste and his wife are on a break at Ringabella. Recounts being awakened with news of landing of Free State troops in Cork, landing at Passage, buildings set on fire by irregulars, sounds of artillery, explosions and machine gun fire, stopping of Crosshaven train. He climbed Faihíní hill with field glasses getting a wide view of the area. Cork city was quiet yesterday afternoon. Danger of food shortages, but shoals of fish appear on shore. There is a broad column of smoke towards the city. His wife' returned to the city with a promise to return the next day. His heart is heavy at the 'fratricidal strife', but he is 'clear in conscience...that I did what I could to prevent it.... It seemed fated to be- God's punishment upon some sins of the Irish people...there can be no great or noble or idealistic end achieved now....the unarmed Irish people are ground between the two forces....'. He hears of burning of barracks etc in the city, the irregulars fleeing. 14 Aug hears of death of Arthur Griffith. Recounts his wife attempting to leave the city via Ballygarvan-Carrigaline, amid fighting on a hill near Douglas, meeting bands of irregulars en route; mentions casualties in the advance from Rochestown.

Reference:

U271/A/2/004

Date:

Nov- Dec 1922

Title: MS. memoir/essay/diary by Liam de Róiste, ‘A Trip Abroad. Leaves from the Diary of a Journey through Holland, Sweden, Germany and Belgium’. Observations about Holland, the economic situation in Germany, the rise of ‘Bolshevism’, impressions of Copenhagen Denmark, heartfelt reactions to news of Irish Civil War including death of Sean Hales and Erskine Childers, Rory O’Connor and Liam Mellows, refers to ‘intellectual anarchy’, confused ‘moral values’, ‘...the blood feud continues...’, impressions of Stockholm,