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Newsclipping form the 'Irish Times', 15 May 1947, containing an article entitled 'Dan O'Connell: An Intimate Letter'. This article by Sean O'Faolain refers to correspondence between Daniel O'Connell and his wife. O'Faolain also draws attention to a pamphlet published in 1832 by Ellen Courtenay, in which she declares that O'Connell was the father of her son. 'Fortunately, at the time that she [Mary Courtenay] asserted that she had been the victim of O'Connell, his wife Mary was writing to him in a strain of the most affectionate and utter trust, and no Kerry woman like Mary O'Connell would have been hoodwinked by a philandering husband. Ellen Courtenay was either deluded or an impostor'.

s 13649A

Sean O'Faolain

Irish Times

Petition to the Government requesting the commutation of the death sentence passed by the Special Criminal Court on Charles Kerins, Caherina, Tralee, County Kerry, 1944. The petition contains many forms each with over twenty signatures. It is signed by men and women from all parts of Ireland. This folder is numbered four out of ten folders.

s 13567/D

petition

Petition to the Government requesting the commutation of the death sentence passed by the Special Criminal Court on Charles Kerins, Caherina, Tralee, County Kerry, 1944. The petition contains many forms each with over twenty signatures. It is signed by men and women from all parts of Ireland. This folder is numbered three out of ten folders. A hand-written note on the front of the folder states that it contains '146 forms and 2500 signatures'.

s 13567/C

petition

Petition to the Government requesting the commutation of the death sentence passed by the Special Criminal Court on Charles Kerins, Caherina, Tralee, County Kerry, 1944. The petition contains many forms each with over twenty signatures. It is signed by men and women from all parts of Ireland. This folder is numbered five out of ten folders. The folder contains five bundles of forms, four of which contain one hundred sheets and two thousand signatures. The fifth bundle is slightly smaller and contains seventeen sheets.

s 13567/E

petition

Petition to the Government requesting the commutation of the death sentence passed by the Special Criminal Court on Charles Kerins, Caherina, Tralee, County Kerry, 1944. The petition contains many forms each with over twenty signatures. It is signed by men and women from all parts of Ireland. This folder is numbered six out of ten folders. The folder contains two bundles of forms: one contains one thousand signatures and the other contains one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two signatures.

s 13567/F

petition

Petition to the Government requesting the commutation of the death sentence passed by the Special Criminal Court on Charles Kerins, Caherina, Tralee, County Kerry, 1944. The petition contains many forms each with over twenty signatures. It is signed by men and women from all parts of Ireland. This folder is numbered seven out of ten folders. The folder contains three bundles of forms containing: one thousand five hundred and ninety, ten thousand, and an unspecified number of signatures.

s 13567/G

petition

Report compiled by the Special Employment Schemes Offices, 31 March 1948, outlining proposed measures to relieve the unemployment caused by the discontinuance of turf production by County Councils. A return attached to the report shows the number of employees engaged in the production of turf in June 1947 and the numbers likely to be engaged by Bord na Mona in 1948. Figures relating to the employment of women and juveniles are given for 1947, only. 'Employment in June 1947, Women and Juveniles, Donegal 313, Mayo 830, Roscommon 0, Galway 96, Kerry 146, Clare 92, Cork 5, Laoighis [Laois] 18, Leitrim 0, Limerick 74, Longford 0, Meath 89, Offaly 23, Sligo 8, Tipperary 101, Westmeath 109'.

s 14286

report

Hand-written note sent to Mr Costello from Mary Gourley, County Kerry, 22 February 1955, regarding the live export of horses from Ireland to Belgium. 'Ten thousand Irish horses sent to Belgium for slaughter last year ... the horse is used for ballast and barter'. A hand-written message states that the Taoiseach has seen the note and that no reply is necessary.

s 14314A

note

Newsclipping from the 'Irish Independent', 11 March 1957, containing an article entitled 'Develop Trade with US'. The article refers to a statement which was made by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr Briscoe, at the opening of Irish Week. He also spoke about the St Patrick's Day industrial parade. 'Mr D O'Cinneide, chief marshal of the parade, said that agriculture was the principal industry and this year the parade would be headed by Miss Eileen Duffy, Atymon, Galway, and Miss M Stutten, Enniskerry, County Wicklow'.

s 14724A

newsclipping

state occasions

Letter from the Department of Local Government and Public Health, to the Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, 13 February 1943, regarding the administration of Gaeltacht Orders. The letter examines the appropriate method for giving preference to candidates with a high standard of Irish. Statistics relating to the operation of the orders are attached to the letter. Table 3, shows the number of persons holding positions subject to the order who have not yet attained the necessary qualification in Irish. The table gives figures in respect of the following counties: Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Mayo, Sligo, Tipperary and Waterford. 'Clare: Clerical Assistants 3, Shorthand Typists 1, Medical Officers 4, Nurses 8, Midwives 1'.

s 14740A

letter