Seamus Fitzgerald Descriptive List (Ref. PR6)

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Partition Issue". Recalls how in 1918 he was sent to Ulster to speak for Sinn Fein in the General Election "I studied the Ulster situation very closely then and continued to do so up to the present day". Although European minded he is primarily concerned with the independence of my own country". Reply from Lynch thanks him for his "Kind and encouraging comments". 2pp 394 1970 Draft of Document containing proposals regarding Northern Ireland. 2pp 395 29 May 1970 Clipping from Irish Times discussing the 50th anniversary of Fianna Fail. Includes photo from 1938 of De Valera reclaiming Spike Island; Fitzgerald is in the shot. 1p 1971

396 1-6 January 1971

Copy letter from Fitzgerald extending New Year's greetings to Taoiseach Jack Lynch. Comments "Your year of office must have been the hardest that any Taoiseach could have experienced since the Emergency years of the War, and you have considerably strengthened your position throughout the country. Reply thanks him for his greetings and support. 2 items

397 July 1971

Clipping of report on Conor Cruise O'Brien's refusal to attend a reception commemorating Erskine Childers, and a typescript copy of a letter from Fitzgerald to Cruise O'Brien, 20 july 1971 stating "I was astounded at your use of this occasion to engage in a lengthy pro-British survey of Anglo-Irish relations back to 1916" adding I must express my shame that you gave such offence to those who worked so hard in the Independence Movement 1914 to 1921. 2 items [n.d.] 398 30 April [ ]

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