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Despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor General, 2 June 1925, enclosing a copy of a letter, 5 May 1925, with enclosures addressed to the Prime Minister by Mrs Scanlon who claims compensation for her father's murder, 29 July 1888 and for the loss of a farm in Listowel, County Kerry, which he, John Foran, held as tenant.

s 4463

Despatch

Memorandum to the Secretary, Executive Council, from the Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries forwarding a copy of a letter received from Mr John T O'Neill, Valentia Island, County Kerry, concerning a pension for Mrs Keane, `mother of the late James Keane' [this may be a mistake, should be widow?], Warder, Cork Prison, 27 October 1925.

s 4636

Memorandum

Memorandum to the Secretary, Department of the President from the Department of Lands and Agriculture, 14 May 1928, relating to the reorganisation of the creamery industry. A list entitled purchase of proprietary creameries, (1) premises in Kerry/Cork area, contains under the heading proprietary creamery, the name Miss Ellen Hurley, Donoughmore.

s 5213

Memorandum

Copy letter to Mrs Catherine Stack, Listowel, County Kerry, from S Mac Ugo, Private Secretary to the Taoiseach, 16 August 1954, acknowledging her letter and stating that her representations in respect of the rule requiring women national teachers to retire on marriage have been brought to the attention of the Minister for Education. [No copy of Mrs Stack's letter exists in the file].

s 6231C

Letter

Two copy letters on a single page. The first is to James Shuel, Solicitor, Caherciveen, County Kerry, from the Ministry of Defence, 13 May 1924, informing him that the claim for an allowance by Mrs Casey in respect of money spent in connection with the illness of her son does not come within the scope of the Army Pensions Board. The second letter is to the Secretary, Army Pensions Board from Shuel, 20 May 1924, asking if there is any Department which recognises Mrs Casey's claim.

s 7688

Letter

Copy letter to [Dr Ryan, Minister for Finance?], from Mrs Mary Moriarty, Ballydavid, Dingle, County Kerry, 22 March [1958]. She and her husband live in the Fior Gaeltacht with two young children depending on 30/- dole. She references the lack of nearby work in her area. She asks for answers to be given to a number of questions. For example, `Why did the labour Exchange [sic] (Dingle Branch) send out working cards to farmers arranging [averaging?] from 10 cows to 4 cows with hundreds of sheep and plots of turf and I wouldn't get no work for a labour man. I even went to the Dingle Exchange looking for work for my husband and I would not get it' [sic].

s 9600C

Letter

Copy letter to Mrs Mary Moriarty, Dingle, County Kerry, from the Department of Finance, 24 September 1958, stating that Dr Ryan, Minister for Finance, has received her recent letter and has passed it on to the Office of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare while another copy was passed to the Taoiseach, Eamon de Valera.

s 9600C

Letter

List, 1 December 1945, of names of those who sent letters to the Taoiseach relating to increased remuneration of National Teachers. [The letters themselves are not in the file, having been forwarded to the Minister for Education]. Amongst the letters sent was one from Miss Eileen McSweeney, Branch Secretary, Castleisland Branch of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, The Central Hotel, Castleisland, County Kerry.

s 10236B

List

Letter to `A Chara Dhil' from Maire A Ni Dhomhnaill, County Kerry, 12 July 1938. She approaches him on behalf of Sean Begley. He is described as second only to Hyde in his efforts to preserve the Irish language and she credits him with responsibility for returning the five Kerry deputies at the General Election. She wishes him to be nominated to the Seanad in the place of Hyde.

s 10737

Letter

Copy letter to Maire Uasal A Ni Dhomhnail, County Kerry, 14 July 1938, acknowledging receipt of her letter in regard to the nomination of Mr Sean Begley as a member of Seanad Éireann.

s 10737

Letter