Seamus Fitzgerald Descriptive List (Ref. PR6)

PR6/

17 items

642 13-26 February 1971

Letter from Paddy Higgens, Howth, Co. Dublin to Fitzgerald discussing the 50th Anniversary of the Clonmult Rout. Also copy letter from Fitzgerald to Michael Leahy discussing the lack of organisation for the ceremony. Also booklet commemorating Brigadier Cathal O'Murthile. 3 items ii Speeches and statements by Seamus Fitzgerald 643 1971 Copy of speech marking the 50th Anniversary of 1921. 2pp 643a 1938 MSS. text of a speech by Fitzgerald discussing the Irish economy given at the opening of an Industrial Exhibition. Also cover letter from Tom Dowdall of Dowdall and O'Mahony, Cork commenting on the excellence of the Speech. 8pp

644 [n.d.]

MSS. of Speeches"to do honour to the memory of two gallant Corkmen who gave their young lives in the cause of Irish Freedom". 3pp

645 [n.d.]

MSS. of Speech to "citizens of Tipperary" honouring those who died.

645a [n.d.]

MSS. notes by Fitzgerald on the type of government system Ireland might have had "If Sinn Fein had won a united victory in 1921". Discusses also decentralisation of Government Departments. 5pp

646 22 December 1971

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