Descriptive List of the Personal Archive of Diarmaid L. Fawsitt
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/15/11
Date:
16 February 1934
Title:
MS. Copy letter and draft copy letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt, St Petroc, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, to Senator Joseph Connolly, Minister for Lands and Forestry (Fisheries), Saorstat Eireann, Dublin
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Extent: 1 page (2 copies)
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Scope and Content: Letter advising that in relation to his apparent decision to reject offer employment in the land commission Fawsitt had held an ‘inconclusive’ meeting with the President and is awaiting a reply from the Department of Finance as to his own letter of 25 January. Fawsitt states he cannot formally write to decline offer of position of Chief Examiner of Titles.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/15/12
Date:
27 February 1934
Title:
TS. Letter from Joseph Connolly, Department of Lands and Fisheries, Saorstat Eireann, Dublin, to Diarmuid Fawsitt (Diarmaid Fawsitt), B.L., St Petroc, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Letter quoting President Eamon de Valera: ‘ “there was nothing inconclusive in Mr Fawsitt’s interview with me. He definitely gave me to understand that in the circumstances he was not prepared to accept the position of Chief Examiner particularly in view of the experience which he had that very day in court’ (Judge Wylie).
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/15/13
Date:
3 March 1934
Title:
MS. Copy letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt, St Petroc, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, to Senator Joseph Connolly, Minister for Lands and Forestry (Fisheries), Dublin
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Extent: 2 pages
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Scope and Content: Letter stating he cannot agree with President Eamon de Valera’s account of their meeting on 30 January. Fawsitt is willing to accept the post on the terms he set out in his letter to the Department of Finance. States that it was the president who had informed him of Judge Wylie’s protest to Connolly against Fawsitt’s nomination to the post. Fawsitt is unwilling to compromise on his terms as set out in letter of 25 Janaury to the Department of Finance.
Reference: PR81/1/4/D/15/14
Date:
6 March 1934
Title:
TS. Letter from Joseph Connolly, Department of Lands and Fisheries, Saorstat Eireann, Dublin, to Diarmaid Fawsitt, B.L., St Petroc, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Letter stating that in his opinion Fawsitt had given impression he was not disposed to face the situation and accept the post in the land commission. In Connolly’s view this was a result of Fawsitt’s dispute with Judge Wylie (William Evelyn Wylie).
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