Descriptive List of the Personal Archive of Diarmaid L. Fawsitt
PR81/1/3 Anglo-Irish Treaty, Ulster Special Mission and Civil War (1921-1929)
Reference: PR81/1/3/E/15
Date: 5 January 1922
Reference: PR81/1/3/E/19
Date: 6 January (1922)
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MS. Copy letter from J.L.F. (Diarmaid Fawsitt) to Kelly (D.J.Kelly, New York) outlining Fawsitt’s position on Irish-American responses to the Anglo-Irish treaty debates in Dail Eireann
TS. Orders of the day, Dail Eireann, containing motion seeking ratification of Anglo-Irish Treaty proposed by Arthur Griffith, T.D., and motion proposing a new treaty by President Eamon de Valera
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Scope and Content: Dail Eireann, Orders of the Day for 5 January 1922. Contains motion to approve Anglo-Irish Treaty put forward by Arthur Griffith, T.D. Second motion by president Eamon de Valera proposing a new treaty be made with Great Britain. Post-script note remarks: ‘complete text of the Proposals to be put into the hands of the Delegates before the Motion is moved’.
Scope and Content: Letter in hand of Diarmaid Fawsitt, addressed ‘my dear Kelly’. Appears to be copy of reply to letter received from D.J.Kelly, New York, 14 December 1921 (catalogue reference PR81/1/3/E/01). Fawsitt remarks upon the state of the country and the general feeling during the treaty debates: ‘in an Dail - during a deadly dull speech by a Mayo deputy...to live in Ireland these days is to forget that any other country in the world exists’. States that ‘we know not nor do we care’ for American opinion on the treaty, asking ‘were your people loyal to Ireland or even loyal to America you would await Ireland’s decision before pre-judging our case’. Fawsitt also laments that Eamon de Valera ‘has confused the issue by interjecting his threat of resignation before a decision was come to’. Note. letter has been dated to 1922, original states 1921. Letter re-dated per context of writing in Dail Eireann during treaty debates.
Reference: PR81/1/3/E/16
Date: 5 January 1922
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MS. Notes of public proceedings of Dail Eireann Anglo-Irish treaty debates, written by Diarmaid Fawsitt
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Extent: 3 pages
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Scope and Content: Notes by Fawsitt titled ‘Thursday, after adjournment’. Includes brief notes or summaries of speeches by T.D.s during the Dail Eireann Anglo-Irish treaty debates. Speakers include Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, and Michael Collins. Subjects include discussion around freedom of the press, in particular the Freeman’s Journal. ‘Griffith - press must be free to say what it pleases about us... De Valera - am for fullest freedom of press’.
Reference: PR81/1/3/E/20
Date: 6 January 1922
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MS. Notes of private proceedings of Dail Eireann Anglo-Irish treaty debates, written by Diarmaid Fawsitt
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Extent: 3 pages
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Scope and Content: Notes by Fawsitt titled ‘Friday, 3.20pm’, from private Dail Eireann session of Anglo-Irish treaty debates. Speakers include President Eamon de Valera at length on his defence of the republic: ‘...duty bound to preserve the Republic. I cannot be handicapped’.
Reference: PR81/1/3/E/17
Date: 6 January 1922
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Letter from Alfred O’Rahilly, University College Cork, to Diarmaid Fawsitt, referring to matters in relation to O’Rahilly’s pro-Treaty pamphlet and Fawsitt’s assistance with printing copies of same
Reference: PR81/1/3/E/21
Date: 7 January 1922
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Letter addressed ‘my dear Fawsitt’ regarding copies of prints or publications. Accepts his error in his reading of the Anglo-Irish Treaty regarding status of Northern Ireland (to mean it would automatically enter Free State on 6 January 1922).
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TS. Orders of the day, Dail Eireann, motion to approve Anglo-Irish Treaty proposed by Arthur Griffith, T.D., and motion to seek new treaty with Great Britain, proposed by President Eamon de Valera
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Dail Eireann, Orders of the Day for 7 January 1922. Contains motion to approve Anglo-Irish Treaty put forward by Arthur Griffith, T.D. Second motion by President Eamon de Valera proposing a new treaty be made with Great Britain.
Reference: PR81/1/3/E/18
Date: 6 January 1922
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Letter from P. McGilligan (Patrick McGilligan), 32 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin, to J.L.Fawsitt Esq. (Diarmaid Fawsitt), Gresham Hotel, Dublin
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Scope and Content: Letter concerning closure of committee accounts. McGilligan states that he has visited 76 Harcourt Street, found two letters from Fawsitt, and locked the room where the office equipment and typewriters were located. A small list of account details are queried, including £0.11.6 for ‘paper sent to Mr Barton, London, 17/10/21’.
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