Descriptive List of the Personal Archive of Diarmaid L. Fawsitt
PR81/1/2 New York Consulate (Jul 1919 - Oct 1921)
Reference: PR81/1/2/B/03/2 Date: c.1920 Title: Tribute to Tomas MacCurtain Level: item Extent: 5 pages Scope and Content:
Reference: PR81/1/2/B/04/2 Date: 1958 Title:
Terence MacSwiney Memorial Chapel fundraising booklet, published by the Chapel of St Patrick, St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, London, with contributions by Eamon de Valera and others
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Extent: 4 pages
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Fragile. A typewritten personal tribute to Tomas MacCurtain by Fawsitt, with manuscript corrections. Four pages numbered with a duplicate page 4 also present. The document is titled: ‘Cork’s Martyred Lord Mayor: A Tribute from a Comrade-in-arms’. The tribute accuses the New York Times of falsehood and defamation in its reporting of the death of Tomas MacCurtain, in which it was said it was ‘ “by persons... which are more Sinn Fein than the Sinn Fein” ‘. Fawsitt goes on to note that he has known MacCurtain for twenty years, and outlines his efforts as Lord Mayor to encourage the local newspapers to report Corporation meetings as spoken in Irish, and his other business achievements including the establishment of a clothing factory in Blackpool, Cork. Fawsitt also refers to the letter from MacCurtain dated 4 March 1920, ‘it is a letter that will be cherished by me through the remaining years of my life’.
Scope and Content: Printed copy of Terence MacSwiney memorial booklet from c.1958, published by the Chapel of St Patrick at St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, London. Produced in conjunction with efforts to rebuild St George’s Cathedral and dedicate a new chapel, to be known as the Terence MacSwiney Memorial Chapel of St Patrick. Messages of support for the appeal are recorded from Eamon de Valera and Mr Jago (Richard Valentine Jago), Lord Mayor of Cork.
Reference: PR81/1/2/B/04/3 Date: 1963 Title:
Reference: PR81/1/2/B/03/3 Date: 22 December 1920 Title:
Commemoration Concert Booklet in memory of Terence MacSwiney by unknown publisher
American Commission Testimony of Susanna Walsh and Anna Walsh into the Death of Tomas MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork
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Extent: 11 pages
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Extent: 24 pages (2 copies)
Scope and Content: Printed copy of concert booklet from 1963, with short biography of Terence MacSwiney.
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Scope and Content: Printed copies of testimonies from Miss Susanna Walsh and Miss Anna Walsh at the American Commission on Conditions in Ireland, Hotel LaFayette, Washington D.C., titled ‘The Killing of Tomas Mac Curtain Lord Mayor of Cork’. Includes much information on background to MacCurtain’s death from the evidence of his wife’s sisters presented in Washington D.C. The commission focuses on evidence from the 1916 period up to MacCurtain’s death in March 1920.
Reference: PR81/1/2/B/05
Date: 14 November 1920
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Telegram from A.N. O’Keefe (O’Keeffe), Macon, Georgia, to Eamon de Valera, Munsey Building, Washington D.C.
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Telegram informing Eamon de Valera that the sender ‘cannot afford time or expense unless could be of real service not merely spectator’. Appears to be a reply to an invitation to attend an event organised by de Valera in Washington D.C.
Reference: PR81/1/2/B/04
Date: 1920 - 1963
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Diarmaid Fawsitt’s file on the death of Terence MacSwiney and remembrance items following MacSwiney’s death
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Extent: 3 items
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Scope and Content: Artificial file of items relating to the death of Terence MacSwiney including copies of condolences sent to the MacSwiney family.
Reference: PR81/1/2/B/06
Date: c.1920
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Letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt to Miss O’Connell (Kathleen O’Connell), Secretary to Eamon de Valera
Reference: PR81/1/2/B/04/1 Date: c.1920 (October 1920) Title:
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Extent: 4 pages
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Letters of condolence written by Diarmaid Fawsitt on the death of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork
Scope and Content: Letter to Miss O’Connell, (Kathleen O’Connell, Secretary to Eamon de Valera) enclosing a list of U.S. names for unidentified purpose, apparently for an event organised by de Valera. Names in the list provided include Dr Frederick P. Keppel, US Chamber of Commerce and former Assistant Secretary of War.
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: One page containing two condolence letters for press release. The first is a letter of condolence after the passing of Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney addressed to the Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork. The second is a letter of condolence addressed to Lady Mayoress, Muriel MacSwiney and family.
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