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/G/03
Date: 16 August 1922
Reference: PR81/1/3/G/08
Date: 31 August 1922
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Admittance card to attend funeral of Arthur Griffith, Dublin, issued to Diarmaid Fawsitt
Letter from M. Clarke, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Marine Department, 27 Eden Quay, Dublin, to Diarmaid Fawsitt, Secretary of Economic Affairs, Dublin
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Scope and Content: Admittance card for D. Fawsitt to attend funeral of Arthur Griffith, Pro-Cathedral, Marlborough Street, Dublin, ‘representing Dail staff’.
Scope and Content: Letter of sympathy on passing of Michael Collins and thanking Fawsitt for a copy of the Free State memorial and article ‘An Appreciation’ by Diarmaid Fawsitt.
Reference: PR81/1/3/G/04
Date: 24 August 1922
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Reference: PR81/1/3/G/09
Date: 1 September 1922
Newspaper reports on death of Michael Collins, from the Daily Mirror, London
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Letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt, Aireacht um Gnothai Tionscail, to Captain Clarke, Marine Department, 27 Eden Quay, Dublin
Scope and Content: A copy of the Daily Mirror newspaper with headline ‘Gen. Michael Collins Shot Dead’. Includes news reports on death of Michael Collins and arrangements for his funeral. A map showing the location of the ambush is damaged with part torn away and missing. The article includes a number of photographs such as of Collins addressing a public meeting in Skibbereen, and his attendance at Griffith’s funeral.
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Scope and Content: Letter thanking Captain Clarke and acknowledging his letter of sympathy on passing of Michael Collins.
Reference: PR81/1/3/G/05
Date: 28 August 1922
Reference: PR81/1/3/G/10
Date: 4 September 1922
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Admittance card to attend funeral of Michael Collins, Dublin, issued to Diarmaid Fawsitt
Newspaper copy with article reporting on the Irish Republican Brotherhood activities of Michael Collins, from the Morning Post (London)
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Scope and Content: Admittance card for D. Fawsitt to attend funeral of Michael Collins, Pro-Cathedral, Marlborough Street, Dublin.
Scope and Content: A copy of the Morning Post newspaper, includes headlines: ‘Michael Collins and the I.R.B. His part in the Murder Campaign’. This includes reference to reports the I.R.B hired Daniel Breen to murder 47 policemen (Royal Irish Constabulary). Other articles include: ‘Attack on Macroom’, referring to reports of 300 ‘irregulars’ and casualties of 2 unnamed Free State soldiers at incident in Macroom, Co. Cork.
Reference: PR81/1/3/G/06
Date: 28 August 1922
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Newspaper copy with article reporting on the funeral of Michael Collins, from the Evening Herald, Dublin
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Extent: 1 sheet
Reference: PR81/1/3/G/11
Date: 7 September 1922
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Scope and Content: A copy of the Evening Herald newspaper with reports of Michael Collins funeral in Dublin. The paper reports a 6 mile long funeral procession and 300,000 citizens in the city.
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TS. Letter in Irish acknowledging notes of sympathy received following the death of Michael Collins, printed by the government of Ireland
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Scope and Content: A standard letter, in Irish, issued by the Irish government, acknowledging sympathy or condolence letters received following the death of Michael Collins.
Reference: PR81/1/3/G/07
Date: 29 August 1922
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Newspaper copy with articles written in remembrance of Michael Collins, including article by Diarmaid Fawsitt, published by An Saorstat, (The Freestate), Dublin
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Scope and Content: Copy of An Saorstat, The Free State, Michael Collins Memorial Number. Includes article contributions by Eoin MacNeill, Seamus O hAodha, Kevin O’Higgins, Alice Stopford Green, Mary Frances McHugh, Ignatius Phayre, P. Brennan, and Diarmaid Fawsitt. Fawsitt’s article is titled ‘An Appreciation’. In Fawsitt’s article he states: ‘when he [Collins] made the pact with De Valera it was not to gain any tactical advantage for himself but to ensure that our political differences might be adjusted through constitutional methods...he toiled mentally and physically night and day to win peace and ordered conditions of government for Ireland’.
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