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/3/02
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Reference: PR81/1/4/D/3/06
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(21 August 1923)
20 September 1923
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MS. Letter from T.P. Dowdall (Thomas Patrick Dowdall), Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin to Diarmaid Fawsitt
TS. Draft letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt to Joseph McGrath, letter marked as not issued
Extent: 1 page (3 copies)
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Scope and Content: Draft of a letter marked ‘not issued’ in reply to McGrath’s letter of 21 August 1923. In the letter Fawsitt refers to an interview with McGrath on 18 August. In that meeting Fawsitt states they addressed the reports arising from his recent visit to the USA, and to ‘the leakage and illicit publication of an official document’.
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Extent: 2 pages
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Scope and Content: A letter requesting explanation why Fawsitt bolted away on Tuesday evening past. Dowdall insists ‘all that can be done will be done’ on an unidentified matter, possibly in reference to termination of his post in the civil service.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/3/03
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Reference: PR81/1/4/D/3/07
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21 August 1923
26 September 1923
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TS. and MS. copy letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt to Senator James Charles Dowdall, 29 Eccles Street, Dublin
TS. Copy letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt to Mr Campbell (Gordon Campbell, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce) with list of official files transferred
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Extent: 2 pages (3 copies)
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Scope and Content: Personal letter referring to Fawsitt’s recent visit to Cork in the past week or so where he met ‘kind friends’ including Thomas Patrick Dowdall and Professor Alfred O’Rahilly, T.D. Fawsitt candidly remarks ‘I had long feared that my dismissal was ordained by persons in high places’. He writes that he is not complaining of his dismissal but the complaint is the smokescreen in government around his dismissal and the connection made to a rumour that he was the spy referred to in government buildings in a recent publication. Fawsitt confides that an offer of employment in Cork was subsequently withdrawn. He has requested T.P. (Thomas Patrick) to find him a post at Dowdall & Co Ltd., Ship Agents, Cork, and he hopes J.C.D. (James Charles Dowdall) can find him a position in the I.I.D.A (Inc.) Dublin.
Extent: 2 pages
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Scope and Content: Formal letter stating that all files, documents, and books, the property of the ministry are available in Room 216, and enclosing key to the room. Also attached is a list of files in the Assistant Secretary’s room. Some of these are merely file code numbers, others bear names such as ‘Power Section No. 55’ and ‘New Electricity Bill’.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/3/04
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29 August 1923
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TS. Copy letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt to Reverend T. Power, C.C., Oldtown, Co. Dublin regarding press publications
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/3/08
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Extent: 2 pages
27 September 1923
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Scope and Content: Reply to a letter of 28 August (not located in present file). The letter refers to the fact that Fawsitt did not give any interviews to reporters or publicists during recent trip to the USA. Fawsitt states that he declined an interview requested by the Pennsylvannia Hotel Publicity Director. He states that a publicity man of the U.S. lines was aboard the SS President Roosevelt before sailing on his return voyage and that his photograph was taken aboard the ship.The letter also refers to the ‘trap to ensare the Merrion Street “ spy “ ‘.
TS. Letter from A.S. Murray, Private Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, to Diarmaid Fawsitt, St Petroc, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
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Extent: 1 page (3 copies)
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Scope and Content: Letter confirming ‘no charge connected with the discovery of a spy in Government Buildings was made against you’.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/3/09
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30 September 1923
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/3/05
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MS. Letter from J.C.D. (James Charles Dowdall), Hotel Great Central, London, to J.L. (Diarmaid Fawsitt)
11 September 1923
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TS. Copy letter with MS. corrections from Diarmaid Fawsitt to Joseph McGrath, T.D., Ministry of Industry and Commerce, 88 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin
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Extent: 2 pages
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Extent: 1 page (3 copies)
Scope and Content: Letter referring to a meeting with Joseph McGrath. Dowdall has been unwell but also met with the ‘Indus. Assocn.’ (The Irish Trade Mark Association). He states that some at the association are keen for the government to take over but that he, Dowdall, and Peterson and Kapp of Kapp & Peterson are against a take over.
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Scope and Content: Copy letters, two initialed D.F., one with a full signature Diarmaid Fawsitt. The letter requests reasons for Fawsitt’s dismissal. Fawsitt refers to the rumour connecting him to the story of a spy in government buildings in the Freeman’s Journal of 14 August 1923. This rumour has he believes been the reason for him being denied a recent job position.
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