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with same’. Points out that work done by railwaymen was only by way of their ordinary line of duty. States that he knew Pat Duggan, guard on the railway, and that he gave Duggan’s 1916 certificate to his daughter before she went to England. 1p 14 February 1966 TS. letter from Riobárd O'Longpuirt (Riobárd Langford), C.561, 20 South Terrace, Cork, to Patrick Canton, 'Honourable Secretary', Cork 1916 Volunteer Association, Academy Street, Cork. Concerns his leaving the Association. He notes that '. . .having temporarily got rid of an officer of the 1916 period. . .the. . .Committee now finds itself in the sorry light that it has only one individual with a Service Medal. . .not even one of its twelve apostles a serving officer of the I.R.A. . .during the Black and Tan trouble or at the Truce. . .'. Regrets that he has not been given the right to state his case at a general meeting. 2pp 14 February 1966 TS. Letter from Seamus Fitzgerald, Chairman, Cork Irish Volunteers 1916 Association, Cork, to Sean Lemass T.D., Taoiseach, Government Buildings, Dublin 2. Concerns issue of awarding medals to Cork 1916 Volunteers. Notes that the matter has been passed to the Minister for Defence. States that the majority of IRA officers who fought in the War of Independence and in the Civil War “were not ‘out’ in 1916”. Argues that Cork City and County volunteers would have ‘fought if ordered to do so or if attacked’, and that Mac Neill’s countermanding order resulted in the dispersal of the Cork Volunteers. Later, many of the important Cork Volunteers joined their Dublin compatriots in Frongoch prison camp. He feels that ‘it would be very difficult now to accede to the request for some form of recognition’, but suggests the Taoiseach meet with a delegation on his visit to Cork. Informs the Taoiseach that the Cork Committee in charge of 1916 celebrations ‘has met with no difficulties or dissensions, nor is it likely to have them’. Describes the organisation and activities of the Committee in Cork. Mentions that he has located a 1917 copy of an article by Sean F. Lemass. 2pp
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