Liam de Róiste Papers Descriptive List Ref. U271

455

Reference:

U271/R/1/008

Date:

Nov 1922

Title: Level:

Letters from Nora to 'Dear Hubby', Liam de Róiste.

Item

Extent: Part of:

2 items

U271/R/1

Scope and Content:

Reference:

U271/R/1/009

Date:

20 Jan 1926

Title: MS. letter from Diarmaid F. Fawsitt, Grafton Chambers, 102-103 Grafton Street, Dublin, to ‘My dear Mrs. De Róiste’, (Nora Roche), Upper Janemount, Sunday’s Well, Cork. Sends sincere thanks for the sympathy card on the death of his grandmother, who was interred in North Kilmurry. It was a comfort and consolation that so many of his old friends came forward to offer their sincere condolences. Thanks her for the hospitality in Cork and offers the Roches his hospitality when in Dublin. Level: Item Extent: 2pp plus envelope Part of: U271/R/1 Scope and Content:

Reference:

U271/R/1/010

Date:

7 May 1969

Title: TS. letter from Brian Farrell, University College Dublin, to Nora Bean de Róiste, 2 Upper Janemount, Sunday’s Well, Cork. Requests documents of her late husband, especially Sinn Féin material, as he is researching the re-organisation of Sinn Féin in 1917, the election of 1918 and Dáil Éireann in 1919. Level: Item Extent: 1p Part of: U271/R/1 Scope and Content:

Reference:

U271/R/1/011

Date:

4 Jun 1969

Title: TS. letter from Nora Bean de Róiste, 2 Upper Janemount, Sunday’s Well, Cork, to Brian Farrell, Dept. of Ethics and Politics, University College Dublin. Refers to Farrell's request of 7 May. Recounts that most of her late husband’s documents are not in her possession, but she does have minutes of the Cork Celtic Literary Society, which was the forerunner of Sinn Féin in Cork. Refers to series of articles that Liam wrote for the Evening Echo about the establishment of the Volunteers. Level: Item Extent: 1p Part of: U271/R/1

455