Denny Lane Papers Descriptive List (Ref. U611)

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Draft letter, from Denny Lane, Sidney Place, Cork, to ‘My dear Ambrose’, Cork. Lane has been waiting patiently for a reply to his letter (22 March) and having spoken to Tom Daly on the subject he supposes Ambrose’ silence ‘…gives consent to my request that I might be at liberty to refer Sir D Roche to you as my authority for the statement which he has called into question…’. Lane has forwarded a letter to Roche and now encloses a copy. Remarks that the newspaper report of his speech was ‘not literally correct, but…substantially so’. 2pp 37 31 March 1846 Letter from Sir David Roche, 10 Merrion Square North, Dublin, to Denny Lane, Cork, in reply to Lane’s letter of 29 March. Roche says he is favoured by Lane’s letter referring him to Dr. Ambrose of Newcastle (Co. Limerick) as Lane’s authority for a charge against Roche at a public meeting in Cork, but that he has already informed Lane that the statement was a fabrication, and that Lane should sift out the truth or falsehood of the charge. Roche remarks that this is not a ‘…candid or straight forward way to correct a misstatement…’ and will not give the public more confidence in Lane’s future speeches. He asks Lane to publicly state that Ambrose has not been able to support his statement and continues, ‘You will then Sir, have done me justice and corrected yourself with the public, and let your “Limerick Gentleman” get out of his gossip as well as he can’. 4pp 38 2 April 1846 Drafts of letter from Denny Lane, 4 Sidney Place, Cork to Sir David Roche. Acknowledges receipt of letter of 31 March. Lane has seen Roche’s letter to Mr Sugrue detailing Roche’s treatment of his tenants in Limerick and explaining how ‘injurious’ statements on Roche’s character as a landlord may have developed. Lane accounts for the delay in replying with the details of his informant Dr. Ambrose, ‘…I must say that I could not have adopted a more candid or straightforward course…’. 6pp

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