Terence MacSwiney L.Mayor Files Descriptive List (Ref. PR4)

PR4/4/ (FILE 4 )

thanking him for his advise on purchasing Kilbrittain lands, detailing the result of an attack on a coastguard station and disagreeing with MacSwiney's deliberate omittance of 'wives and families' and 'doctors and nurses' from the trade boycott of Royal Irish Constabulary members. 5 July 1920 1p 47 Letter to C.S. (Chief of Staff, Richard Mulcahy) from MacSwiney noting that he has written to Diarmuid O’hEigceartuigh (Diarmuid O'Hegarty), Secretary Dáil Éireann, and to the Ministry of Agriculture regarding objections raised against the cutting down of Ballyvourney Woods and strongly emphasising the need for a specific General Order to curb the unauthorised actions of Irish Volunteers. 5 July 1920 1p 48 Copy letter from MacSwiney to O/C 8th Battalion Cork Brigade No.1 ordering an immediate end to the looting of Ballyvourney Woods noting that the present contractors have the authority to cut the timber but that he has written to the Ministry of Agriculture for directions on the matter. 5 July 1920 1p 49 Copy letter from MacSwiney to Seán O’Loinghsigh angrily noting that it is too late to raise objections to the cutting down of Ballyvourney Woods, that the looting must stop immediately and that no Volunteer officer has the authority to stop the contractors unless a General Order is issued. 5 July 1920 1p 50 Copy letter from MacSwiney to C.S. (Chief of Staff, Richard Mulcahy concerning actions taken against the police and military. Details that all police barracks in the area are driven in, that a new offensive could be aimed at patrols but this would mean using fire arms and that more freedom of action is needed against the military. Also notes that he will see O/C 4th Battalion about the attack on a lorry at Shanagarry. 6 July 1920 1p 51 Copy letter from MacSwiney to O/C Cork No.3 Brigade (Tom Hales)losing a letter from Messrs. Doyle and O'Riordan in connection with the Supreme Court right of appeal to Kilbrittain lands (not enclosed) and looking for information on the closing of the West Cork Eagle and the effect this may have on unemployment

in the area. 6 July 1920

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