Liam de Róiste Papers Descriptive List Ref. U271

448

Reference:

U271/Q/006/6

Date:

nd [Apr 1919]

Title:

Newscutting, 'Cork University. Reply to the Governing Body by the University

Graduates Sinn Féin Club, Cork' Level: Item Extent: 1 item Part of: U271/Q/006 Scope and Content: (Copy of text of U271/Q/T/008/5)

U271/Q/007

Friends of Irish Freedom 1919-1928

Reference:

U271/Q/007

Date:

1919-1928

Title: Level:

Friends of Irish Freedom

file

Extent: Part of:

7 items U271/Q

Scope and Content: Contains: 1) FIF Constitution and Branch Bye-Laws, revised by the Irish race convention 22-23 Feb 1919, Diarmuid Lynch National Secretary 40pp. 2) FIF Leaflet ‘Free State Makes Bad Blunder In Applying for League Membership’, states ‘Free State is not the Irish Nation,’ refers to League of Nations doing ‘Nothing For peace or the Welfare of Weak Peoples...,’ reprinted from Gaelic American 28 Apr 1928. 4pp 3) Leaflet, FIF National Bureau of Information, Washington DC, chief Willard de Lue, to publicity committees and directors, reply to the charges made by the Carson delegation, to be used for writing letters to ‘favourably inclined’ newspapers. (1 large page) 4) Press release containing circular letter from Willard de Lue, FIF, National Bureau of Information, 1051 Munsey Building, Washington DC, sent to each member of Congress concerning Ireland’s contribution to Britain’s war effort in the First World War. (1p) 5) Booklet, reprint, Statement of Rt. Rev. Michael J. Gallagher DD, National President, FIF, Dealing with matters which arose out of the visit to the United States of America of the Hon. Eamon de Valera, President of the Republic of Ireland. Contains texts of letters between De Valera and Justice Cohalan, letter by John Devoy, extract from Donal O’Callaghan’s speech at Detroit, 1921 12pp. 6) FIF Policy Adopted at National Council, Dec 29, 1920, on motion of Hon. Daniel F. Cohalan. 4pp 7) FIF Important Notice concerning the News Letter, 19 May 1921 3pp.

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