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Letter from May Davies, widow, to Michael Curnane, Crown and Peace Office, Tralee, County Kerry, 3 February 1924, relating to her non-receipt in December 1923 of the interest payable on the monies invested for her daughter, Gwyneth. She cites the matter as one of hardship and requests that the case for that reason be brought before the notice of His Honour Justice Cusack.

s 3727

Letter

Letter to Mrs May Davies, Brighton, from Michael Curnane, Crown and Peace Office, Tralee, County Kerry, 4 January 1924. The interest on her daughter's account cannot be paid until some person is appointed by the Government to replace the Clerk of the Crown and Peace, Mr DM Moriarty who has died.

s3727

Letter

Despatch from JH Thomas, Downing Street to TM Healy, 31 March 1924, indicating that he is enclosing a copy of the correspondence with Major R Pearce relating to interest on a compensation award which has not been paid to his daughter, Mrs Davies, as a result of the death of the Clerk of the Crown and Peace, County Kerry.

s 3727

Despatch

Letter from Major R Pearce, 3 Upper Hamilton Road, Brighton, to The Right Honourable JH Thomas, MP, Secretary of the State for the Colonies, London, 23 March 1924, submitting a case on behalf of his daughter, Mrs Davies, widow of the late Sergeant JL Davies, 2nd Battalion, the Loyal Regiment, who was killed at Castleisland, County Kerry, while on military duty on 10 July 1921. The case relates to the interest on the compensation award which has not been paid to his daughter as a result of the death of the Clerk of the Crown and Peace, County Kerry.

s 3727

Letter

Draft despatch from the Governor General, May 1924, stating that the difficulties in appointing a new Clerk of the Crown and Peace for County Kerry have now been overcome; Mrs Davies may expect to receive her cheque for the interest on her daughter's money before the end of the month.

s 3727

Despatch

Letter to Miss Phyllis Seymour, Matron, Our Lady's Nursing Home, New Street, Killarney, County Kerry, 17 April 1953, from NS O'Nuallain, Runai Cunta, stating procedures for application for triplets' bounty.

s 3946

Letter

Despatch from the Secretary of State's Office, Downing Street, to the Governor General, TM Healy, 13 August 1924, stating that an application has been received from Mrs A Cole, Ardfert, County Kerry, for a compensatory grant for the death, a Sergeant in the Hong King Police Force who was shot in Hong Kong, 8 August 1924. The Governor General is requested to institute an inquiry into Mrs Cole's financial circumstances.

s 3993

Despatch

Statement of the facts of the case of David O Shea sentenced to death for the murder of Ellen O'Sullivan, circulated by the Department of Justice, 23 July 1931. Ellen O'Sullivan left her home at Knocknaloman, County Cork on the 8 February 1931 to cycle to visit friends at Rathmore, County Kerry. On her return journey she was murdered. David O Shea was found guilty. He was described by the judge as `a low degenerate with sex perversion'.

s 6176

Statement

Handwritten letter to Miss O'Connell from Mrs Margaret O'Sullivan, Killorglin, County Kerry, 3 May 1954. She writes that her husband, who was unemployed for nine months, borrowed a big sum of money which he put to his savings and started a bakery two years ago. Despite hardwork they `cannot make an honest living & pay our taxes'. Their rates have increased due to the Bakery from ten to thirty [?pounds]. She writes of other bakers who have been underselling bread. `I cannot understand that a decent citizen cannot have some protection, after all if a shopkeeper overcharges they are heavily fined & why not deal in a similar manner with the person who deprives one of an honest living'. She asks for help or advice.

s 10121D

Letter

Lists of names of Kerry people calling for the reprieve of the death sentence on Maurice O'Neill, 1942. The lists include female names.

s 13004

Lists