Diarmaid L. Fawsitt Archive Section 1 Desc. List.

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/31

Date: c.1922

Reference: PR81/1/3/E/35/01

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c.1922

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TS. Report on Anglo-Ireland Treaty implications for trade and sea navigation (by Diarmaid Fawsitt, Department of Economic Affairs, Dublin)

New York Newspaper report on Dail Eireann ratification of Anglo-Irish Treaty and views on Ulster by Shaw Desmond

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Extent: 2 pages

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Scope and Content: Typescript statement or opinion of Irish government on trade and navigation. Includes ‘it will be the policy of the Irish government to admit all foreign tonnage to Irish ports on the same terms as British vessels’. Contains corrections in unidentified hand. Statement possibly by Michael Collins (see PR81/1/3/E/32).

Scope and Content: Undated newspaper article titled ‘Ireland’s New Mix-Up: Not Serious, Writes Prominent Sinn Feiner, Who Sees Certain Ratification of Treaty’, by Shaw Desmond. Appears to be publication from an unidentified New York newspaper. The article includes Desmond’s views on the oath of allegiance and ‘why Ulster will come in’.

Reference: PR81/1/3/E/32

Date: c.1922

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Reference: PR81/1/3/E/35/02

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TS. Copy statement by Michael Collins on Irish Free State Policy towards United States of America

21 December 1921

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New York Newspaper reports on Dail Eireann Anglo-Irish Treaty debates by James M. Tuohy, The Sunday World, New York

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Extent: 2 pages

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Scope and Content: Typescript statement by Michael Collins on the Irish Free State’s relationship or policy towards the United States of America. Begins ‘you ask me what our policy towards America will be. I answer - it will be as it was in the past, only more so’. Corrections made in unidentified hand.

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Extent: 1 sheet

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Scope and Content: Article appearing in The Sunday World, The World Newspaper, New York, titled ‘Dail Devotes Mind to Army, As Crown Force is Held Back’, by James M. Tuohy. Includes reports of exchanges by TDs in Dail Eireann during the treaty debates. TDs referred to include Mrs Kate O’Callaghan.

Reference: PR81/1/3/E/33

Date: c.1922

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Letter from J. Kessel (Joseph Kessel), Journal Des Debats, 17 Rue des Pretres St-Germain L’Auxerrois, Paris, to unidentified recipient

Reference: PR81/1/3/E/35/03

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28 December 1921

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Extent: 3 pages

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Dublin Newspaper reports on Anglo-Irish Treaty debates by unknown author, Freeman, Dublin

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Scope and Content: Letter written in French from J. Kessel (Joseph Kessel, 1898-1979), contact or journalist at the Journal Des Debats newspaper, Paris, France. The letter is addressed ‘chez ami’ and undated. Contents include reference to a past visit to Dublin.

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Extent: 1 sheet

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Scope and Content: Article appearing in The Freeman, Dublin, titled ‘What Ireland Might Do’. The writer acknowledges that ‘our congratulations of last week [were] a little premature’. Rejects what it calls ‘liberal’ press praise and congratulations of Prime Minister David Lloyd George for his role in negotiating the Anglo-Irish treaty.

Reference: PR81/1/3/E/34

Date: c.1922

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MS. Note by Diarmaid Fawsitt with list of names or recipients for copies of unidentified text

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Extent: 1 page

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Scope and Content: List of names in hand of Diarmaid Fawsitt, including J.C. Dowdall, Senator,T.P. Dowdall, Professor A. O’Rahilly, T.D., Liam de Roiste, and others in USA including D.J. McGrath.

Reference: PR81/1/3/E/35/04

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29 December 1921

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New York Newspaper reports on United States Committee on Limitation of Armament, printed by the New York Times

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Extent: 1 sheet

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Reference: PR81/1/3/E/35

Date: 1921 - 1922

Scope and Content: Article appearing in The New York Times, titled ‘Text of Conference Debate on Submarines, Auxiliaries and Gun Calibre’. Includes full text of meetings of the United States Committee on Limitation of Armament.

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Newspaper reports on Anglo-Irish Treaty debates in Dail Eireann and reports following ratification of the treaty

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Extent: 9 items

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Scope and Content: Small collection of copies of newspaper reports from London, Dublin, and New York concerning the Anglo-Irish Treaty debates in Dail Eireann.

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