Resource Pack 2: 1913 Irish Volunteers
7 Cork City & County Archives: Through War and Rebellion: Cork 1912-1918
Further research and sources:
CORK CITY & COUNTY ARCHIVES CATALOGUE This item is from collection U156 Riobárd Langford Papers http://www.corkarchives.ie/media/U156web.pdf
Diaries and papers of Liam de Roiste, and some papers of JJ Walsh, are also at the Archives: http://catalogue.corkarchives.ie/Details/archive/110000722; http://catalogue.corkarchives.ie/Details/archive/110000805
The Fawcitt letter comes from a small collection. Fawcitt was a civil servant and later a judge: http://catalogue.corkarchives.ie/Details/archive/110000351
Extract from Fawcitt’s letter regarding the meeting is here
Also held are AOH (Ancient Order of Hibernians) records, for Cork area (U389) and Crosshaven: http://catalogue.corkarchives.ie/Details/archive/110023024
On Irish nationalism before 1916, see eg PR25 papers of Sophie O’Brien, wife of William O’Brien MP, and PR40, papers relating to DD Sheehan MP, a colleague of O’Brien, who served in WWI:
http://catalogue.corkarchives.ie/Details/archive/110000332 http://catalogue.corkarchives.ie/Details/archive/110004864
CORK CITY & COUNTY ARCHIVES WEBSITE List of Irish Volunteers Cork Corps: http://www.corkarchives.ie/collections/onlinedigitalarchive/irishvolunteerscorkcorpsmembershiplis t1913-1914/
Includes date of enlistment and address with all those who joined at the meeting included
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