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/08/07
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Reference: PR81/1/4/D/09/03
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20 May 1928
4 December 1928
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TS. Letter from H.S. Murray, Private Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, to Diarmaid Fawsitt, St Petroc, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
MS. Letter from Joseph McGrath, Siemens-Schuckertwerke, Contractors of the Shannon Scheme, 14 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, to Diarmaid Fawsitt
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Letter to advise Fawsitt that he has recently seen President Cosgrave and further that he advised Cosgrave of Fawsitt’s view to put the matter of his reinstatement to the civil service before an impartial tribunal. McGrath states that no definitive answer from Cosgrave was provided, and ‘the impression I gained was not too favourable’.
Scope and Content: Letter advising Fawsitt cannot be appointed to civil service posts overseas until his application for reinstatement to the civil service has been accepted. The minister has agreed however to register Fawsitt’s name in the Department of External Affairs as having applying for service abroad.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/09/04
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21 April 1931
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/08/08
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12 November 1928
Newspaper cutting from the Irish Independent speculating resignation of Gordon Campbell, Lord Glenavy, from post of Secretary to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce
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TS. Letter, Diarmaid Fawsitt to Joseph McGrath, Seaford Lodge (Seafort Lodge), Williamstown, Co. Dublin
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Extent: 1 page
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Extent: 1 sheet
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Scope and Content: Letter enclosing a copy of the independent newspaper (no longer attached) regarding reinstatement of officials of the First Dail. Fawsitt believes there is an increasing ‘general spirt of amity and amnesty’, however he fears his own application has been ‘consigned to the official w.p. basket’.
Scope and Content: Short news article speculating that Mr Campbell intends to resign his post as Secretary at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The article states J.H. Ferguson, the Assistant Secretary, is expected to fill the position. A black and white newspaper quality photograph of Campbell forms part of the article.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/09/05
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Reference: PR81/1/4/D/09
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28 April 1931
29 December 1927 - 8 May 1931
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Correspondence between Diarmaid Fawsitt and P. J. McGilligan, T.D., Minister of Industry and Commerce, concerning Fawsitt’s application for reinsatement to the civil service
TS. Letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt, St Petroc, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin to P. McGilligan, Minister for Industry and Commerce, Government Building, Dublin
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Extent: 6 items
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Small set of correspondence between P.J. McGilligan and Diarmaid Fawsitt regarding Fawsitt’s request for reinstatement in the civil service, and in particular in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
Scope and Content: Letter signed by Diarmaid Fawsitt outlining that in the event of the resignation of the present Secretary to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Fawsitt is ‘ready and willing to serve the state’. Fawsitt also states he was withheld that same post in the first place, despite it being promised to him by President Griffith (Arthur Griffith) and General Collins (Michael Collins).
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/09/01
Date:
29 December 1927
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TS. Copy letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt to P.J. McGilligan, Esq., T.D., M.A., B.L., Minister for Industry and Commerce, Government Building, Dublin
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/09/06
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8 May 1931
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Extent: 1 page (3 copies)
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TS. Letter from H.S. Murray, Private Secretary, Department of Industry and Commerce, Saorstat Eireann, Dublin to Diarmaid Fawsitt
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Scope and Content: Letter enclosing copy of application for reinstatement in the civil service (no longer attached).
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1 page Scope and Content: Letter apologising for the delay, this is due to the minister’s attention being focused on the budget. Murray now states the minister wishes to acknowledge Fawsitt’s letter of 28 April.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/09/02
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24 November 1928
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TS. Copy letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt to P.J. McGilligan, B.L., T.D, 32 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Letter advising that Fawsitt has read reports in newspapers that the government will be appointing civil servants to posts in Paris, Berlin and elsewhere. Fawsitt reminds McGilligan that he was ‘comandeered’ by the Department of Foreign Affairs of the First Dail and sent to New York for two years as Consul- General in page 9. If it is true that Mr Lindsay Crawford is to be transferred to the High Commission at Ottawa then he would be pleased to serve again in his former role in New York.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/10
Date:
29 December 1927 - 10 December 1928
Title:
Correspondence from Diarmaid Fawsitt to Ernest Blythe, Ministry of Finance, concerning his application for reinstatement to the civil service
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Extent: 6 items
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Scope and Content: Small set of correspondence between Fawsitt and Blythe as Minister for Finance. The letters include Fawsitt’s formal application for reinstatement to the civil service.
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