7.
11 May 1843
MS. letter from Daniel O'Connell MP, Merrion Square, Dublin, to 'My Dear Friend', Alderman Thomas Lyons, Cork. Mentions (repeal) banquet he was su pposed to attend, and his meeting ‘the Procession which is to conduct me in to Cork…the People will have their triumph in the expression of their concurrence with me in the absolute necessity of the Repeal of the Legislative Union.’ He will address, at som e length, an aggregate meeting with the Mayor in the Chair. (2pp)
8.
1 Aug 1844
Photocopy of MS. letter from Daniel O’Connell MP , Richmond Bridewell, Dublin, to ‘My Dear Friend’, Thomas Lyons, Cork. He sent him by mail his portrait by [Carrick], ‘…a li keness of the most sincerely at tached friend you have living…a token of the…gratitude of respect …I kn ow of no man to whom I am more indebted or who brings so great a weight of personal character and of private worth to the service of his …afflicted country…’. (1p)
9.
18 Apr 1845
MS. letter from Daniel O'Connell MP , Merrion Square, Dublin, to 'My Dear Sir’, Alderman Thomas Lyons, Cork. Accepts the invitation from the Committee of the Repeal Wardens of Cork to a public entry into the city, ‘attended by your patriotic Trades on the first of June’, and to a Repeal Meeting and a Repeal Banquet on the 2 June. He is delighted to be ‘the instrument of another perfectly peaceable exhibition’ of Cork’s support , through legal and constitutional means, of the restoration of Irish Nationality. He derides attempts to overcome the Repeal movement by military means and by conciliation and ‘minor acts of justice and benevolence’ , such as the Maynooth endowment bill. These are ‘immeasurably short of the substantial justi ce due from England and which can never be obtained save by the restoration of our domestic legislature…Let us then persevere…Every concession made by England is a fresh proof of her former injustice…complete justice to Ireland cannot otherwise be obtained…’ (7pp)
10.
17 Jul 1845
MS. letter from Daniel O'Connell MP, Merrion Square, Dublin, to 'My dearest friend ’, Alderman Thomas Lyons, Cork . His letter has caused O’Connell many an unhappy moment as he thought ‘we were quite secure in Cork’. Mentions that Alexander McCarthy is an excellent man, and he could advance his interests as long as ‘…his banner is one likely to lead us to victory…’. However, he wishes that Lyons himself would represent Cork, but not if there is a possibility of defeat. (2pp)
B: Note from Lord John Russell, 1841 (1 item)
11.
25 June 1841
MS. note on behalf of Lord John Russell (b1792 - d1878), leader of the Whigs, House of Commons, London, presenting his compliments to Mr. Lyons and informing him that he has
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