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Letter to `Dear Sir' from Maire A Ni Dhomhnail, Annascaul, E End, County Kerry, 5 July 1943. She wishes to bring the name of Sean Begley, Annascaul, to the attention of the Taoiseach in respect of his nomination to the Senate. She writes that he is a `man to whom Irish Ireland owes so much … In fighting her cause he was most unselfish always putting Country before self. He has been second to nobody - not even Dr Douglas Hyde in advancing the Irish language'. She continues: `Your remarked at the last Convention in Tralee that you'd be pleased to see a native of the Peninsula occupying a place in the Dail. I sincerely hope to see a W. Kerry man named in your selection - none other than Sean Begley'.

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Letter

Copy letter to Maire A Ni Dhomhnaill, Annascaul, County Kerry, 9 July 1943, acknowledging her letter of 9 July 1943.

s 13256

Letter

List of the candidates elected to the twelfth Dáilat the various bye elections, June 1944-February 1948. The list gives the date of vacancy, the causes of the vacancy, the constituency, the date of the bye election, the result, the total register, the total effective poll, the quota, the candidates and the first preference votes. For example, on 5 May 1954 a vacancy arose due to the death of Deputy Fred H Crowley, Fianna Fail TD for Kerry South. At the bye election held on 4 December 1945 Mrs Honor Crowley, Fianna Fail was elected. She received 10,483 first preference votes. The other candidate was Senator E Horan, Clann na Talun, who received 8,018 first preference votes. The total register was 35,950. The total effective poll was 18,501 and the quota was 9,253.

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List

Letter to the Taoiseach from Maire A Ni Dhomhnail, Annascaul East End, County Kerry, 9 June 1944. She congratulates him on his recent victory and states that when soliciting votes for the party she was often refused on the basis that West Kerry has no representative in the Dáilor the Senate. She writes that he has `the option of giving W. Kerry a Senator & I would suggest one of the noblest … amongst West Kerry men - Sean Begley'. He has worked to save the Irish language and she would, she writes, like to see `an outstanding character recognised'.

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Letter

Copy letter to Maire A Ni Dhomhnail, Annascaul East End, County Kerry, 13 June 1944, acknowledging her letter of 13 June 1944.

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Letter

Statement in the case of Joseph Blennerhassett, Dunloe, Beaufort, County Kerry, convicted at the Special Criminal Court, 4 January 1944. Amongst his offences was that he and others in November 1943 `conspired to use violence to or [sic] intimidate Agnes M Pettit'. For this offence he received a prison sentence of eighteen months.

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Statement

Memorandum from the Department of Justice `in connection with application of Joseph Blennerhassett for remission of any forfeiture or disqualification incurred by him on conviction by the Special Criminal Court', 3 September 1946. The circumstances of the conviction, the memorandum states, were: `Joseph Blennerhassett and four other men, two of whom were armed, visited the residence of a Miss Pettit, Dunloe Castle, Beaufort, County Kerry, in November, 1943, and assaulted two of her workmen. They ordered these men to cease working for Miss Pettit and they issued threats against her should she continue to employ them. To emphasise the threats Blennerhassett and another man cut the telephone wires leading to the Castle. Blennerhassett was employed at the time as Steward on Miss Pettit's estate, but he was under notice of dismissal owing to dishonesty. He enlisted the help of irresponsible members of the I.R.A. to intimidate his employer from dismissing him. The men were all convicted'. Under the terms of his conviction Blennerhassett is disqualified from State employment for seven years or from receiving money from the State in the form of a pension, etc. Now he wishes to take up employment under the County Council. He has signed an undertaking as to his future conduct. The Minister for Justice recommends that any forfeiture or disqualification incurred by him as a result of his conviction should be remitted.

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Memorandum

Copy memorandum `of action taken against individuals charged with the distribution or exposure of leaflets of a seditious character since the outbreak of the War'. For example: `On the 5th November, Mary O'Leary, of Shandrum, Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry, was brought before the Resident Magistrate and bound over for 12 months, herself in £50 and two sureties of £25, for distributing seditious leaflets at Kenmare on 4th November'. A note states that this paper, amongst others, was copied from documents transferred to the Department of the Taoiseach in 1926 from the late Chief Secretary's Office and handed over to the State Paper Office in 1947.

Sinn Fein Activities, 1915-1929, British Government Reports

politics

Newsclipping from the `Irish Press', 22 January 1948, `Polling - Wednesday, Feb. 4. More than 400 Candidates. The candidates nominated for each constituency are listed. For example, Mrs H Crowley, Fianna Fail, Kerry South, is seeking re-election.

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Newsclipping

female members of the Dail; politics

General Election to the 13th Dail, 4 February 1948, results by constituencies, with party summary. For example, Mrs H Crowley, Fianna Fail, was elected for the Kerry South constituency.

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List