Descriptive List of the Personal Archive of Diarmaid L. Fawsitt
PR81/1/4 Civil Service, Provisional Government, and Irish Free State (1922-1934)
Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2
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Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/05
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7 September 1922 - 10 January 1923
20 September 1922
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Letter from Joseph McGrath, Ministry of Labour, Irish Provisional Government, to Diarmaid Fawsitt offering him position of Assistant Secretary to Trade Branch, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Irish Provisional Government
Correspondence between Diarmaid Fawsitt and others regarding appointment of Gordon Campbell to post of Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Irish Provisional Government
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Extent: 32 items
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Series of papers originally enclosed in folder titled ‘Re. Appointment of GC’, (Gordon Campbell). Folder on government printed paper from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Aireacht um Tiuscal agus Trachtail.
Scope and Content: Letter outlining the job role offered to Diarmaid Fawsitt in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce as Assistant Secretary to the Trade Branch. The position offered is ‘under the general directions of the Secretary’ (Gordon Campbell), and includes the offer of salary of £1,000 per annum. A postscript handwritte note by McGrath requests Fawsitt’s decision ‘if possible this evening’.
Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/01
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7 September 1922
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Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/06
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20 September 1922
Copy typescript letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt, Ministry of Economic Affairs, to Major-General Joseph McGrath, TD, Director of Intelligence, Portobello Barracks, Dublin
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Draft Letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt rejecting offer of post of Assistant Secretary, Trade Branch, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Irish Provisional Government
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Letter from Fawsitt requesting a telephone call following McGrath’s appointment to the ministry.
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Extent: 1 page (4 copies)
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Scope and Content: Draft letter outlining Diarmaid Fawsitt’s rejection of the offer of post of Assistant Secretary made by Minister Joseph McGrath. Fawsitt states: ‘a position so circumscribed would not appeal to me’. Four copies are present, three typescript and one manuscript.
Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/02
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14 September 1922
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Typescript newspaper extract from the Freeman’s Journal reporting appointment of Mr Gordon Campbell to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/07
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Extent: 5 pages (4 copies of 1 page and 1 note)
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22 September 1922
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Scope and Content: Newspaper extract or typed excerpt of article titled ‘Dail Cabinet Plans’, in relation to the appointment of Mr Gordon Campbell, Ministry of Labour, and ‘chief officer’ of the new Department of Industry and Commerce under Joseph McGrath. The article notes the new department will amalgamate the previous departments of Trade, Labour and Economics. Attached is a note from Fawsitt, possibly to McGrath requesting information on his own position in the ministry relative to Mr Gordon Campbell.
Letter from Joseph McGrath, Ministry of Labour, Irish Provisional Government, to Diarmaid Fawsitt, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Irish Provisional Government
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Letter regretting Fawsitt’s decision to reject offer of position of Assistant Secretary and requesting that he assist in transfer of his work to a Mr O’Hanlon.
Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/03
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Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/08
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22 September 1922
15 September 1922
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Letter from Joseph McGrath, Ministry of Labour, Irish Provisional Government, to Diarmaid Fawsitt
Copy typescript letter, Diarmaid Fawsitt resigning post in Economic Affairs Ministry, Provisional Government of Ireland
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Extent: 1 page (2 copies)
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Extent: 2 pages
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Scope and Content: Letter enclosng copy of instructions sent to Mr O’Hanlon and requesting Fawsitt’s assistance in the appointment of Mr O’Hanlon to the position of Assistant Secretary.
Scope and Content: An unsigned copy of text of resignation letter. In the letter Diarmaid Fawsitt states ‘I do not enjoy the confidence of the new Minister’ (Joseph McGrath).
Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/04
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Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/09
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23 September 1922
18 September 1922
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Copy typescript letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt, Ministry of Industry and Commerce to the Minister, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Provisional Government of Ireland
Letter from John O’Neill, Cycle Manufacturers, Pleasants Street, Dublin, to Diarmaid Fawsitt, Irish Provisional Government, Merrion Street, Dublin
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Extent: 2 pages
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Letter addressed simply ‘The Minister’, requesting the minister’s views in regard to the work of the new Ministry of Industry and Commerce in relation to the workings of the previous Ministry of Economic Affairs, Provisional Government of Ireland.
Scope and Content: Letter requesting Fawsitt meet with a Mr Riordan at his office and lunch at the Metropole. The reason for the meeting is unclear, however, the writer states: ‘neither of the gentlemen in question are likely to be of any benefit to the country’. Appears to relate to the writer’s view on the appointments of Joseph McGrath and Gordon Campbell to the new Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
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