Seamus Fitzgerald Descriptive List (Ref. PR6)

PR6/

1146 14 February - 20 March 1952

Correspondence between Cork Dockyard Limited and the A.P. Larson Company, New York, regarding an order for Steel Plates at £39 per ton. Includes 23 February 1952 a letter to Irish Shipping Ltd. requesting finance to purchase the material necessary to construct the plates. 10pp

1147 16-19 April 1952

Covering letter from G.A. Cuthbert, Manager Cork Dockyard Ltd., enclosing for Fitzgerald copies of two letter of interest from Mr. Ronald McCeon, Consulting Engineer (1) he requests his best wishes be passed on to Capt. Kolydos at 'the Adventurer' (2) he comments on the excellent reports he heard of the repair work done to the "Mountainside" declaring "it is only part of the normally efficient service synonymous with the name of Cork Dockyard'. 3 items

1148 22 October 1952

Copy letter from Fitzgerald to Mr. Byrne, Secretary Cork Dockyard commenting on the Draft of the Foreman's Statement. 1p

1149 3-4 April 1952

Copy letter from Fitzgerald to Superintendent Murphy, Cobh Garda Barracks enclosing an anonymous threatening letter he received. The typescript of the letter asserts it was not Fitzgerald who saved Rushbrooke yard but another about which the writer declares "I hear you have £1,000 a year out of it working on the poor fellow's brains" adding "There are five outsiders to every Cobh man, we got to walk around an witness this after one of our so called fathers of the Cobh U.D.C. gave away all the Key Gobs (sic) to Passage, Monkstown and Corkmen. I also, notice you did not forget your relatives". Letter from Superintendent Murphy states the matter will be looked into. 3 items

1150 3 May 1952

Newsclipping from the Cork Examiner 'An Expensive Industry' condemning the amount of government money poured into Cork Dockyards with a draft reply from Fitzgerald correcting inaccuracies.

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