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/D/1/02
Date:
12 June 1923
placed the behaviour down to Fawsitt’s ill health. Crawford outlines that Fawsitt had been demanding information as to why thirty emigrants from Cobh were denied passage to America (British and Irish shared quota of emigrants).
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TS. Letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt, St Petroc, Stillorgan, to Osmond Grattan Esmonde, Ministry of External Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
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Extent: 1 page (5 copies)
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Scope and Content: Typescript letter with manuscript corrections. Fawsitt writes to Esmonde to forward him a copy of the newspaper the Gaelic American dated 2 June 1923 and to draw his attention to an article in the paper by John Devoy regarding Fawsitt’s recent visit to the United States.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/1/06
Date:
20 June 1923
Title:
TS. Copy letter Diarmaid Fawsitt to A.S. Murray, Private Secretary to Minister of Industry and Commerce
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Extent: 1 page (5 copies)
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Scope and Content: Letter requesting copy of Whelehan report and sight of original copy of Crawford report concerning Fawsitt’s alleged behaviour on a recent trip to New York City.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/1/03
Date:
2 June 1923
Title:
Newspaper report of Diarmaid Fawsitt’s Visit to United States of America in the Gaelic American
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Extent: 2 sheets
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/1/07
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20 June 1923
Scope and Content: A copy of the US newspaper the Gaelic American with article titled ‘A Faction Monger Visits Us’, containing a news report or opinion piece on Diarmaid Fawsitt’s visit to America in the summer of 1923. The article is not credited, however, Fawsitt confirms in his letter to Osmond Esmonde that the writer is John Devoy. Later, writing to his lawyer, Fawsitt states the writer of the article is Lindsay Crawford (ref. PR81/1/4/D/07/02). The article paints a negative portrait of Fawsitt, accusing him of being a ‘pigmy politician’ and of attempting to spread propaganda in the United States that would encourage the downfall of Cosgrave’s government in the pending elections to Dail Eireann. The writer bitterly refers to Fawsitt as ‘the henchman of De Valera’ and states that after De Valera and Dr McCartan he is the person most responsible for causing division amongst Irish-American sentiments when he influenced Archbishop Mannix on their trip to the Pacific coast in 1920. The writer goes on to accuse Fawsitt of masquerading as an envoy on his current trip.
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TS. Letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt to Gordon Campbell, Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Commerce
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Letter requesting permission to accept invitation to attend 20th Annual Public Meeting of Cork Industrial Development Association.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/1/08
Date:
22 June 1923
Title:
TS. Letter from A.S. Murray, Runaidhe Aire (Private Secretary), Ministry of Industry and Commerce, to Diarmaid Fawsitt, Ministry of Industry and Commerce
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Extent: 1 page (5 copies)
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Scope and Content: Letter in response to request for copies of Crawford and Whelehan reports.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/1/04
Date:
19 June 1923
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Reference: PR81/1/4/D/1/09
Date:
TS. Letter from Joseph McGrath, Ministry of Industry and Commerce to Diarmaid Fawsitt requesting explanation for his actions during a trip to the United States of America
23 June 1923
Title:
TS. Letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt to A.S. Murray, Private Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Commerce
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Extent: 1 page (5 copies)
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Scope and Content: Letter referring to an enclosed report from a Mr Lindsay Crawford of New York and a copy of the Gaelic American newspaper both referring to Diarmaid Fawsitt’s recent visit to New York and Washington D.C. McGrath refers to this visit as ‘unauthorised’ and requests ‘any explanation you have to make’ regarding the charges made against him in the Crawford report, Whelehan report, and in the Gaelic American.
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Extent: 1 page (6 copies)
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Scope and Content: Letter acknowledging receipt of copy of Whelehan report and requesting sight of original copy of Crawford report.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/1/10
Date:
23 June 1923
Title:
TS. Letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt, Department of Trade and Shipping (Roinn um Trachtail
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/1/05
Date:
(June 1923)
agus Longseoireacht), to Gordon Campbell, Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Commerce Level: item Extent: 1 page (2 copies) Scope and Content: Letter to Campbell forwarding copy of meeting agenda for Cork I.D.A annual meeting (Cork Industrial Development Association). Copy agenda is not present (no longer enclosed).
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Report of visit by J.L. Fawsitt (Diarmaid Fawsitt) to Government Offices in New York City by Lindsay Crawford
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Extent: 2 pages (5 copies)
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Scope and Content: Report by Lindsday Crawford concerning communications between Mr Crawford and Diarmaid Fawsitt during his visit to government offices in New York City. In the report Crawford describes Fawsitt’s behaviour as ‘intolerable’ and requests an apology from Fawsitt. Crawford outlines that he had
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