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Letter to de Valera from Elizabeth Egan, OC, Kerry Cumann na mBan, 5 August 1938, asking him to nominate Miss Brigid O'Mullane for the Senate. She states that Miss O Mullane's national record is well known to him and to members of the Executive. She writes not only on behalf of Cumann na mBan but also on behalf of all supporters of Fianna Fail in Kerry.

s 10737

Letter

Copy letter to Miss ECM Egan, Kerry, from the Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, 6 August 1938, acknowledging her letter concerning the nomination of Miss Brigid O'Mullane to the Seanad.

s 10737

Letter

Newsclipping from the `Kerryman', 1 February 1958, `The Floods, Filth Ruined Property and Endangered Health of Tralee'. The article deals with flooding in Tralee the previous Saturday. Details of damage to property is listed. For example, `Mrs. B. Corbett, owner of an auction mart at 9, The Square, had a harassing experience. Valuable furniture, and carpets in particular, on display on the ground floor were destroyed'. Mrs Corbett called on the people to organise and to withhold their rates until the Council takes action to prevent such catastrophes.

s 11070D

Newsclipping

disaster relief

Copy letter in Irish to Nora Nic Ghearailt, Secretary, Craobh an Churraigh de Chonnradh na Gaedhilge, Kerry, 28 July 1941, acknowledging her letter and stating that it will be put before the Minister for Education. [No copy of her letter exists in the file].

s 11225

Letter

Copy letter in Irish to Mairead NicChonchoille, Secretary, Rathmore Branch of the Gaelic League, Kerry, 31 July 1941, acknowledging her letter and stating that it will be put before the Minister for Education. [No copy of her letter exists in the file].

s 11225

Letter

Notes relating to a Labour Party Motion on the provision of employment for adult citizens, 25 November 1942. Appendix 1, for example, gives details of the travel permits issued in 1942 to men and women seeking employment. For example, 3,558 women from Counties Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Clare, Galway and Kerry were issued permits. Appendix 9A gives details of the cost of providing full time employment for all adult workers on the Live Register. For instance to given employment to 5,000 women at £1.8.0 for one week would cost £7,000.

s 11644

Notes

Letter to De Valera from Bernard Boyle, Tralee, County Kerry, 29 October 1942, applying for the State Bounty in respect of the triplets born to his wife on 26 October. A copy of this letter was sent to the Department of Finance on 3 November 1942.

s 11798

Letter

Letter in Irish from Donnchadh O Gealbhain, Killarney, County Kerry, 6 March 1943, applying for the State Bounty in respect of the triplets born to his wife. A copy of this letter is sent to the Department of Finance on 10 March 1943.

s 11798

Letter

Minute in Irish to the Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, from the Department of Finance, enclosing a pay order for £3 in favour of Bean Donnchaidh Ui Ghealbhain, Killarney, County Kerry, being the State Bounty in respect of the birth of triplets, 13 April 1943.

s 11798

Minute

Letter to Mr Moynihan from Nellie Leader, `old Republican', Cork, 3 July 1940. She asks him to place before the President an appeal on behalf of Tomas MacCurtain. `He has committed an act that deserves the punishment, but we must not forget that we all at one time applauded the shooting of the R.I.C. when all other means failed. She asks for his reprieve for the sake of his son Brian, for the sake of Harry Boland, for the sake of her native Kerry men, killed at the Countesses Bridge and of her brother-in-law and five others executed after the Dripsey ambush and `more than all for the sake of mercy which the English did not show us'.

s 11974

Letter