Seamus Fitzgerald Descriptive List (Ref. PR6)

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to dying relatives were refused. Also draft letter complaining about the conditions of prisoners quarters and other official complaints. 5pp 186 13 January 1923 Declaration by Domhnall O'hIcidhe, The Camp, Newbridge No. 884 T Block to 2nd Lieutenant J. O'Hara. As "a disciplined soldier of the IRA" he is refusing to stand and talk with O'Hara in the compound. Any message must be given to Comdt. Seamus Fitzgerald to pass on. 1p 187 22 May 1923 Copy letter from Eamonn DeValera to Fitzgerald discussing the organisation of Republican prisoners, "I suggest that the most intelligent and most energetic be arranged in small groups according to constituencies or better perhaps Sinn Fein Comhairle Ceanntar". He outlines the appointment of secretaries to each group to elect a general secretary which he sees as a golden opportunity for organizing support when released "You realise also what a saving of time and expense it will mean and how valuable the lists will be to us when those form all the jails are co-ordinated and out together. 3pp 188 11 August 1923 MSS. copy of essay "Partition it's causes and effects" by Peadar Twomey, Newbridge Internment Camp. 9pp 189 1924 Two copy books used by Fitzgerald at Harepark to record notes from (1) Irish classes (2) French classes (1) also contains later printed material relating to the learning of Irish. Also jotted notes (3) listing prisoners and their billeting in huts and blocks. 3 items 190 [n.d.] MSS. "Routine for Republican Soldiers while in Cork Prison"

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