Descriptive List of the Personal Archive of Diarmaid L. Fawsitt
PR81/1/3 Anglo-Irish Treaty, Ulster Special Mission and Civil War (1921-1929)
Reference: PR81/1/3/D/05
Date: 9 November 1921 - 24 November 1921
Reference: PR81/1/3/D/08
Date: 6 December 1921
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Letters forwarded by Liam de Roiste to Diarmaid Fawsitt requesting government visitation to Cork to inspect war damage and requesting a review of wartime damage compensation
File enclosure originally containing TS. copy of Anglo-Irish Treaty autographed by Robert Barton, T.D., plenipotentiary and Minister of Economic Affairs, Dail Eireann
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Extent: 1 sheet
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Extent: 3 items
Scope and Content: File enclosure, originally containing printed copy of Articles of Agreement of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, witnessed and autographed by Robert Barton (ref. PR81/1/3/D/07). Printed on paper marked Aireacht Um Tiuscal Agus Trachtail (Ministry of Industry and Commerce). Carries note ‘Peace-Conference. Irish- British Treaty’.
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Scope and Content: 1. Letter dated 24 November 1921 from Liam de Roiste to Diarmaid Fawsitt enclosing letter from unidentified female writer of 15 Grattan Hill Cork, and Edward Sheehan of same address. Letter requests Fawsitt to forward matter on to President. (1 page) 2. Letter dated 9 November 1921 from unidentified writer on paper headed 15 Grattan Hill Cork. Possibly Edward Sheehan’s sister Agnes Mary Barrett or mother Norah Sheehan. The writer calls for Cork not to be ‘ “left” as a result of the bargaining...our interests are too heavy to be slighted after what has been endured’. President Eamon de Valera, the Minister for Home Affairs, and Local Government Board are all criticised for not visiting Cork since the truce began four months earlier. (2 pages) 3. Letter dated 9 November 1921, signed Edward Sheehan, 15 Grattan Hill, addressed to Liam de Roiste. The letter states Sheehan had written to the Lord Mayor of Dublin and President to outline his proposals for a better scheme to manage claims of malicious injury or damages claims resulting from the war of independence. The letter criticises the figure of 9.5 million published as a ‘ridiculous understatement’. Calls on the Irish delegates to request for compensation from the British government.
Reference: PR81/1/3/D/09
Date: 6 December 1921
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MS. Copy of Anglo-Irish Treaty by Diarmaid Fawsitt, taken from original copy of the treaty belonging to Arthur Griffith, at Hans Place, London
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Extent: 9 pages
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Scope and Content: Handwritten pencil copy of Anglo-Irish Treaty in hand of Diarmaid Fawsitt. An ink note on the first page remarks: ‘this was copied from Arthur Griffith’s original in A.G.’s presence in Hans Place H.Q. on 6 December ‘21. D.F.’
Reference: PR81/1/3/D/10
Date: 7 December 1921
Reference: PR81/1/3/D/06
Date: 1922
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TS. Extract of article regarding position of Edward Carson on Anglo-Irish Treaty as reported by article in the The Morning Post
Printed Publication, Constitutions of the Dominions of Canada, Australia, and South Africa, published by the Provisional Government, Dublin
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Extent: 1 page (2 copies)
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Extent: 1 volume (92 pages)
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Scope and Content: Extract from the political correspondent of The Morning Post quoting views of Lord Carson (Edward Carson) on the Anglo-Irish treaty. Carson is quoted as saying the treaty is an ‘abject humiliation for Great Britain’. He is also quoted voicing fears of ‘customs posts all along her frontier’, in reference to Northern Ireland.
Scope and Content: Printed publication titled ;’The Three Dominion Constitutions’, produced by authority of the Provisional Government, Dublin. Includes copies of legislation and other information relating to the legal status and constitutional operation of Canada, Australia, and South Africa.
Reference: PR81/1/3/D/07
Date: 6 December 1921
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Reference: PR81/1/3/D/11
Date: 7 December 1921
TS. Copy of Anglo-Irish Treaty autographed by plenipotentiary Robert Barton, T.D, Minister of Economic Affairs, Dail Eireann
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Letter from Monsignor Howlett, Westminster Cathedral, London, addressed to the Irish Delegation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, inviting them to a religious ceremonial procession
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Extent: 9 pages
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Scope and Content: Printed copy of Articles of Agreement of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, witnessed and autographed by Robert Barton, T.D., Minister of Economic Affairs, Plenipotentiary. This document is not signed by the other delegates but was removed from a folder marked with the note that this copy was circulated by the Irish delegates in London. The treaty includes eighteen articles of agreement and contains an annex or schedule relating to the treaty ports including Cobh (Queenstown) and Berehaven, Co. Cork.
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Extent: 2 items
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Scope and Content: 1. Letter from Monsignor Howlett D.D., on behalf of Cardinal Bourne, Westminster Cathedral, Clergy House, Francis Street, London, to the ‘Delegates of Ireland’ inviting them to a solemn procession (1 page). 2. Reply letter, declining invitation as delegates are returning to Ireland. (1 page).
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