Captain George Berkeley Descriptive List (Ref. PR12)

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sight and he is an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve but the Admiralty told him to ‘carry on’ with his work. Considering the urgent call there is for men, Byrnes conclu des that ‘the ways of the War Office and Admiralty are of a weird and novel kind’.

4pp

19 October 1914

Letter, from Seashan Ua Neill, Óglaigh Na hÉireann, Belfast Regiment, 46 Roe Street, Clifton Park, Belfast, to ‘Sir’. Encloses postal ord er for 11 shillings. ‘Things have not got on as well as they might have since you left’. Some people have very strong opinions as to Ireland remaining neutral, others that she should come forward in thousands. He disagrees with the first, and regarding the second thinks an Irish Brigade should be formed ‘as a complete unit…or allow no man to join’. There are many men ‘including myself who would be anxious to join such a brigade’. Writes concerning the split in the ranks of the Volunteers and McCullough’s following ‘nigh 500 strong’. Hopes ‘that both parties will vie with one another as to which of them will be the most fit to defend our common country Ireland when she needs them’.

2pp

House of Commons

9 June 1914

Letter, from A. Donelan, House of Commons, to ‘Dear Mr. Berkeley’. ‘Mr. John Redmond will be very pleased to have a talk with you…’.

[10] June 1914

Note from A. Donelan, House of Commons, to ‘Dear Mr. Berkeley’, requesting him to send in a card when he arrives to meet Mr. Redmond.

19 June 1914

Letter, from T.J. Hanna, House of Commons, to ‘Dear Sir’. Thanks Berkeley on behalf of Mr. Redmond for his letter.

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