PR81/1/3 Anglo-Irish Treaty, Ulster Special Mission and Civil War (1921-1929)
Reference: PR81/1/3/F/10
Date: (May1922)
Reference: PR81/1/3/G/01
Date: 2 August 1922
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TS. Notes by unidentified writer from pro-treaty election meeting includes questions concerning election funding
Letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt, Stillorgan, Dubin to the Editor of the Independent Newspaper, following death of Harry Boland
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Scope and Content: Typescript page of questions with manuscript notes, evidently prepared for a pro-Treaty election meeting. Questions shed light on operational matters in the 1922 Dail Eireann election. Questions include: ‘can we use the present Election Fund for Panel Candidates? - No’, and ‘are we to continue issuing Treaty Election Literature? - No’.
Scope and Content: Letter noting Fawsitt’s regret at the death of Harry Boland, T.D.
Reference: PR81/1/3/G/02
Date: 6 August 1922 - 19 August 1922
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Letter Correspondence between Diarmaid Fawsitt, James K.McGuire and Michael Collins
Reference: PR81/1/3/F/11
Date: (May1922)
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Extent: 2 items (6 pages)
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Scope and Content: Letters between James K. McGuire, Diarmaid Fawsitt, and Michael Collins, concerning alleged reports of threats made against the lives of Collins and Richard Mulcahy in revenge for the death of Harry Boland. The threats were communicated to Fawsitt by James McGuire who had inside knowledge of different factions in the United States for and against the Anglo-Irish treaty.
TS. Copies of Treaty Fund subscription pamphlets issued by Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins to finance Dail Eireann elections of 1922
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Extent: 4 pages (5 copies)
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Scope and Content: Pro-Treaty election pamphlets issued by Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins requesting subscriptions for the treaty fund. The pamphlets, titled ‘The Treaty Fund: An Appeal to the Irish People’, request donations of funds to defray election expenses of pro-Treaty candidates in the forthcoming elections to Dail Eireann.
Reference: PR81/1/3/G/02/1 Date: 6 August 1922 - 19 August 1922 Title:
Letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Dublin, to Michael Collins, Commander in Chief, Enclosing Letter from James K McGuire, (3)21 West 106th Street, New York
Reference: PR81/1/3/F/12
Date: 21 June (1922)
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Note from Professor Smiddy and Professor Henry, Assistant Minister’s Room (Ministry of Economic Affairs, Dail Eireann), to Diarmaid Fawsitt
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Scope and Content: Letter from D.F. (Diarmaid Fawsitt), Ministry of Economic Affairs, to Commander in Chief (Michael Collins) and Minister of Defence (Richard Mulcahy), enclosing letter from James K. Maguire, New York. The letter from James mentions that he has met with men angered at the deaths of Harry Boland and Cathal Brugha and that he has managed to convince them not to travel to Ireland to kill R. Mulcahy and M. Collins: ‘I spent 3 hours with them arguing against assassins’. He refers also to a rise in support in the United States for Irish republicanism. (Note, see related item PR81/1/3/I/01/29)
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Scope and Content: Note from Prof. Smiddy and Prof. Henry requesting Fawsitt send for ‘Barrington’ for information on duties (Thomas Barrington, Department of Industry and Commerce).
Reference: PR81/1/3/G/02/2 Date: 19 August 1922 (4.40pm) Title:
PR81/1/3/G Civil War (Aug 1922 - Apr 1925)
Letter from Michael Collins, Oglaigh Na h-Eireann, Dublin, to Diarmaid Fawsitt, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Reference: PR81/1/3/G
Date: 2 August 1922 - 22 April 1925
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Scope and Content: Letter dated 19 August 1922 on Oglaigh Na h-Eireann headed paper signed by Michael Collins referring to warning contained in the letter forwarded by Fawsitt from James McGuire dated 6 August 1922. In the letter Collins bemoans the fact that men in the United States who claim to support Irish independence are only now coming to fight in Ireland and not when Ireland was fighting for its independence from Great Britain. He asks Fawsitt to impress upon James McGuire that ‘he need not waste his time nor his energy in inducing any of the American Irish not to come here to slay Dick Mulcahy and myself. I have not the slightest doubt that we should be able to stand up to such gentlemen’. In closing the letter Collins states “‘Let them all come’”.
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Scope and Content: Papers belonging to Diarmaid Fawsitt dating to the civil war period. Includes significant letter from Michael Collins, dated 19 August 1922. Following a warning received from the United States via Fawsitt, Collins replies with the phrase ‘let them all come’ (ref. PR81/1/3/G/02). Fawsitt’s diaries from this period are largely blank, however, he appears to have stayed mainly in Dublin during this period. Fawsitt’s papers include letter correspondence and copies of newspapers reporting events of the civil war period. Admittance cards to attend the funerals of Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins are also present.
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