Denny Lane Papers Descriptive List (Ref. U611)

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from the Association received 7 September 1846 and says that on the grounds stated by Lane, he ceases to be a member. 1p

John Mitchel (1846) (1 item)

42 25 October 1846 Letter, from John Mitchel, Heathfield, Upper Leeson Street, Dublin, to ‘My dear Sir’, Denny Lane, Cork. Mitchel requests Lane to contribute to a section of the Nation newspaper proposed by Smith O’Brien, for ‘those Repealers whose energies are withdrawn from the Repeal Assn. its meetings and Committees…’. The section will contain original reports and papers ‘on the wants & resources & prospects of this island in every shape…industrial, statistical & economic…’ and especially regarding new legislation ‘with a view of systematically exhibiting the real exigencies of the country…’. The title of ‘Young Ireland’ will be put at the top of the section. The main consideration, Mitchel writes, is in the ‘men who may be calculated upon to keep such a thing moving…’, many of whom are ‘very good writers & very well informed’ but require a little organisation by assigning particular subjects to prevent ‘vague declamations of which the world is weary’. Mitchel asks Lane’s opinion on the project, whether he will contribute and his preferred subject. He names Dillion, Duffy, Pigot, O’Hagan, McGee, Bindon, Martin, Reilly, and Rev. Mr. Meehan of the ‘Confederation of Kilkenny’. 3pp

T. Devin Reilly (1846) (1 item)

43 11 December 1846 Letter (printed) marked ‘Private and Confidential’ from T Devin Reilly, Acting Secretary, National Repeal Association, Nation Office, Dublin, to ‘Sir’ (Denny Lane, Cork). Encloses 5 resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Seceders of Dublin, held at the Nation Office, and requesting opinions and advice on same. The 1 st resolution was moved by Richard O’Gorman and seconded by Charles Taaffe concerning

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