Denny Lane Papers Descriptive List (Ref. U611)

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French revolutionary and republican principles’. Davis requires ‘as accurate answers as possible’. Armstrong provides a copy of a letter by Emmet on the morning of his execution (20 September 1803) to the Chief Secretary for Ireland, William Wickham, in order ‘to prove that Emmet entirely acquitted Plunkett and the Irish administration generally of all harshness towards himself’. Quotations are given of notes which Wickham appended to Emmet’s letter ‘without which he refuses to allow publication’, such as, that Emmet conducted his defence in relation to the general principles on which Ireland was governed by England and such as, that Emmet asked to be temporarily allowed to return from his place of execution in order to write the letter ‘in a firm and steady handwriting’ which was a ‘full free…expression of his forgiveness of his enemies…’. Armstrong notes that this is a most valuable testimony to the noble spirit of Emmet. Concludes with details of a successful libel case taken by Plunkett regarding publication of a fake quotation from Emmet’s speech imputing Plunkett’s character. 10pp 11 20 July 1844 Letter, from Thomas Davis, 67 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin to Denny Lane, Sidney Place, Cork. Encloses ‘an air by WEH’ which Davis asks Lane to give to Barry (Michael Joseph Barry) who will write words to it. Davis hopes Lane and Barry are working hard. Says he has just got the proof of the cover for the Spirit of the Nation. Asks Lane to write telling him how he and his father are. 1p

(ii) Daniel Owen Madden (1842-1848) (4 items)

12 23 February 1842 Letter from Daniel Owen Madden, 1 Hamilton Row, Dublin, to ‘My Dear Denny’, Denny Lane, Barrister-at-law, 4 Sydney Terrace, Cork. Hopes to be on the way to London tomorrow evening and was delayed by a tremendous snowstorm. McCullogh stands ‘higher than ever’ in his opinion and is afraid ‘that I would have been at fault upon a review of the transaction’. Madden wishes he could show Lane McCullogh’s letters which ‘redound in to his honour and to the …greatness of his

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