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18 February 1966 Minutes of Meeting of the 1916 Commemoration Executive Committee. Lord Mayor C.Desmond Chairperson. Contains details of some of the events taking place to commemorate the Easter Rising. 3pp
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Killing of Colonel Smyth R.I.C., 1920, 1957 (4 items)
9 1957 (April 1920) Copy extract from ‘The Administration of Ireland 1920, by ‘I.O’, published in London in April 1920, containing a description of the ‘murder of Colonel Smyth’, divisional commander, RIC, by the IRA at the County Club, South Mall on 17 Jul 1920. (For additional copy, see U156/10). 1p (2 copies) 10 2 October 1957 TS. letter from ‘C.561’ (Riobárd Langford), to the Editor of the Sunday Press, Dublin. Concerns “an inaccurate and misleading picture and account of the death of divisional commander ‘Col’ Smyth…”, that appeared in the newspaper. Gives details of the arrangements made by the IRA Cork Brigade for his killing. With MSS. annotations [also by Riobárd Langford]. With note from the Editor, Sunday Press, ‘The Editor…is much obliged for the offer of the enclosed MS, but regrets that he is unable to make use of it’. (See also : U156/11). Also, additional copy. 3pp (2 copies)
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October 1957 MS. Letter from ‘C.561’(Riobárd Langford). Appears to be MS. version of U156/10, concerns account of the killing of Colonel Smyth, RIC, by the IRA in Cork
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