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Despatch from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Downing Street, London, to the Governor General, TM Healy, 16 September 1925, forwarding a passport issued by the Irish Free State to Mrs Anna Maria Collum who died on 16 August 1924.

s 8222

despatch

Memorandum recommending the amending legislation for National Health Insurance and Widows' and Orphans' Pensions in the Irish Free State, issued by the Department of Local Government and Public Health, 31 October 1935. Section 23 relates to the recovery of lost benefit under the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 'It is suggested that the like powers should be taken to secure the recovery of any pension or allowances lost by a widow consequent on an employer's failure to pay contributions in respect of her deceased husband'.

s 8227A

memorandum

Newsclipping giving the names of those who drowned off the coast of Donegal in 1935. The list includes several women, 'Madge and Hannah Gallagher, Kitty O'Donnell of Lethjarrow, Arranmore'.

s 8259

newsclipping

Newsclipping from the 'Irish Press', 11 November 1935, in relation to a boating tragedy which occurred off the coast of Donegal, 'Nineteen persons lost their lives when a boat, going from the mainland to Arranmore Island, crashed into rocks in fog on Saturday'. Several women were drowned in the incident.

s 8259

newsclipping

accidents

Newsclipping from the 'Irish Press', 12 November 1935, in relation to a drowning disaster which occurred off the coast of Donegal, 'Keening women on Arranmore'. Several women returning from work in Scotland died in the incident. The article also speaks of one of the widows on the island 'The most tragic figure if Mrs Edward Gallagher, the widow of the boatman. She lost her husband, four sons and two daughters, but is still under the impression that she lost her husband and one son only. She believes that her other children are still in Scotland harvesting'.

s 8259

newsclipping

accidents

Hand-written letter from Mrs Nellie Gallagher, Arranmore Island, County Donegal, to Eamon de Valera, 31 November 1936, in relation to the distribution of the relief fund for victims of the Arranmore boating accident. Mrs Gallagher outlines her own position, 'My sister Kate O'Donnell and an only brother Patrick were lost in the Arranmore drowning disaster in November 1935. The two were our family's chief supporters. A sister incapacitated through blindness from doing any work or caring for herself in the least degree was supported by our sister and brother'. She protests against the manner in which the compensation is being distributed, 'My sister has been asked to sign for £40 per annum as an allowance out of the Fund. We are protesting against this allowance. This distribution means that a family who lost only one member may receive more than our family who lost two. My sister RIP was head of our family'.

s 8259

letter

Copy letter from O'Muimhneachain, to Mrs Nellie Gallagher, Arranmore, County Donegal, 6 August 1936, acknowledging receipt of her letter in relation to the Arranmore Relief Fund. The letter informs her that the authority for the administration of the funds, rests with the Central Committee, 'It is not possible for the President to take any action in connection with the representations contained in your letter'.

s 8259

letter

Newsclipping from the 'Irish Press', 28 July 1937, entitled 'Arranmore Disaster Echo, Allocation Scheme for dependants' fund approved'. The article relates to the distribution of compensation to relatives of those who lost their lives in the boating accident off the cost of Donegal, for example, '£2450 to Mrs Annie Gallagher family; £2000 to Mrs Grace O'Donnell and family; £1350 to Michael and Nellie Gallagher and family'.

s 8259

newsclipping

accidents; welfare

List of subtitles from Pathe Newsreels covering important events in recent Irish History, 7 November 1935, for example, 'Sinn Feiners in Downing Street, Mr de Valera meets Mr Llyod George and peace prospects are bright ... Back from the United States, Mr Harry Boland TD and Miss MacSwiney TD'. Covering letter from Mr Montgomery, Film Censor, Dublin to Mr MacDunphy, 7 November 1935.

s 8230A

list

Newsclipping from the 'Irish Press', 13 April 1950, regarding the preservation of Irish historical films, for example, 'there is a national body interested in preserving these films. This body is the National Library. In the dark of the Film Censor's office we watched the lost reel come to life on the screen ... Then came boys scouts, a piper's band, Cumann na mBan, and Madame Markievicz. This was Bodenstown in 1914 or 1915'.

s 8230A

newsclipping

culture; broadcasting